Champ Rugby round 14 - Worcester Warriors 28-34 Hartpury

Hartpury did the double over Warriors, securing a first-half bonus point and ultimately a 28-34 victory in front of a crowd of 6800.

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A tense opening 10 minutes saw the sides trade kicks with neither able to make considerable ground.

However, Warriors quickly found their stride to open the scoring.

Hallam Chapman's forceful run left Warriors with a penalty close-in to the try-line. A quick tap-and-go saw Austin Wallis force a way through to cross over, before Will Reed successfully kicked home two more.

Hartpury flew back out in search of levelling the score, edging closer with repeated phases.

In similar circumstances, Harry Short stole the ball from a Warriors line-out and moments later Hartpury found themselves with a penalty close to the Warriors line.

They looked to force a way through twice before a long pass out wide found Ollie Holliday in space to touch down untroubled, with Harry Bazalgette duly evening up the score from the tee.

In the blink of an eye the visitors had the lead. Soon after the restart, Ollie Allsopp was unleashed from a scrum, stopped inches from the line by Matt Kvesic.

The centre quickly popped the ball up to Jarrard Hayler, who forced a way through before Bazalgette again converted successfully.

As quickly as they had their second, Hartpury had their third. The visitors used the player overload to find Holliday on the wing and send him through for his second of the game.

Bazalgette again found the sweet spot from an unfavourable angle and Warriors found themselves down by 14.

It wasn't long before the visitors further increased their score line, securing a bonus point in the first half.

Steele Barker broke free from the breakdown, charged through and played in Peter Paramore for the score before Bazalgette made it four from four conversions.

Warriors were able to make it a two-score game before the break.

A tap-and-go penalty saw Warriors unleash repeated attempts to drive over, with Hallam Chapman successful at the third time of asking.

Will Reed was on the mark to bring it closer heading into the second half.

Bazalgette further increased the advantage early into the second half, calling for the tee from a penalty just past the halfway line and delivering an impressive kick to add three more.

James Tyas brought the deficit down to 10, capitalising on Khalik Kareem's charge to burrow over from close, with Reed again adding the extras.

With a quarter hour left, Warriors made it a three-point game.

Tim Anstee took down a line-out in the corner and the Warriors driving maul flew into action to allow Thabo Ndimande to go over. Tiff Eden was successful from the conversion, making it a single-score match.

Warriors amped up the pressure in the final exchanges but Hartpury held them off before Bazalgette again added three more from the tee to instate a six-point lead and secure the victory.