But in a final dramatic twist, a penalty at the scrum gave Burns the chance to salvage a draw and he made no mistake.

Prop James Currie had started a sensational late fight-back when he scored his first top-flight try to cancel out an effort from visiting centre Henry Trinder just minutes earlier.

And Worcester, who had looked the more threatening throughout, looked to have secured a first win of the season before Burns late intervention.

Worcester made three changes to the side that were defeated by Leicester Tigers with Matt Kvesic and Joe Carlisle handed starts while there was a debut for Scotland international winger Nikki Walker.

Warriors started brightly in the Sixways sun with a hack ahead forcing Jonny May to slice into touch, but it was the visitors who took the lead when Billy Twelvetrees knocked over an early penalty.

David Lemi broke into the Gloucester half and as the visitors infringed on the floor the penalty was awarded by referee JP Doyle. Goode stepped up and slotted the penalty to draw the teams level.

Both teams were playing with real expansive style but it was Gloucester who were hit by the whistle of Doyle as they were penalised on the floor at the breakdown. Goode again lined up a long kick, this time from just inside the Gloucester half, but it drifted wide left.

Worcester continued to go forward with Matt Mullan rattling into contact and feeding Shaun Perry on his shoulder before the ball was spilled forward.

Twelvetrees put Gloucester back ahead before Goode missed a penalty from wide right as the visitors took the lead at the mid-point of the half.

Worcester were playing some vibrant attacking rugby as Chris Jones galloped free but was hauled up as he went for the line by May.

Seconds later another superb run by Kvesic saw him break the line and offload to Grove who was snagged five metres from the whitewash. Perry then looked to go wide but his pass was picked off.

Goode looked to pin Gloucester in their own half with an intelligent grubber kick in behind that forced the Cherry and Whites to secure a lineout close to their own line under real pressure.

Another penalty on the floor gave Twelvetrees the chance to nudge his side further ahead, but this time he pushed his effort wide left.

Gloucester made another surge before the break and when Twelvetrees kicked in behind the Warriors were a man down as Goode was yellow carded for a pull back.

A series of scrums on the Worcester line followed as Gloucester looked to turn the screw. But the hosts held firm and then secured a penalty as the forwards swarmed over the ball to secure possession.

Worcester started the second half in similar fashion to the first and were in the ascendancy as the forwards drove up field. A penalty was awarded and up stepped Joe Carlisle, with kicking duties with Goode off the field, and he made no mistake to huge roars.

A charge down on a Twelvetrees grubber set pulses racing, but flew into touch as Carlisle and Lemi scampered after the loose ball.

Twelvetrees should have slotted another penalty, after Warriors were hit for not rolling away in the tackle, but he badly pushed his effort across the posts for a let-off for the hosts.

Grove almost picked off a looping pass from Henry Trinder while Perry and Jones smashed Ben Morgan into the tramlines as the England Number Eight looked to use all his power down the blindside as the big hits continued.

Another penalty from the arm of referee Doyle after a lineout infringement saw Carlisle again aim for he posts but he followed Twelvetrees just moments before as his effort whistled just wide

Hill started to look to his bench with Semisi Taulava introduced just before the hour mark for the hard working Matt Kvesic.

Lutui and Taulava gave Worcester go forward and Dean Schofield rattled into contact before Goode stepped and almost shot away into space only to be hauled back by another lunging tackle from the visitors.

Craig Gillies, Josh Drauniniu and Jonny Arr were all off the bench and straight into the thick of the action as the game entered a tense final quarter with one moment of magic destined to win the game.

That happened with just 15 minutes to go when Gloucester worked an overlap for May to race down the right wing. He drew the final man and spun a pass into the hands of Trinder who stepped out of the final tackle to score under the posts for a 13-6 lead.

Hill immediately looked to freshen up his front row resources with Ceri Jones and Currie introduced for John Andress and Mullan.

A penalty gave Carlisle the chance to kick to the corner, but ball was turned over and Gloucester hacked clear and won a scrum put in when Drauniniu was adjudged to obstructed his man.

But within seconds Drauniniu was suddenly sprinting up the wing to break away only to loose his feet from underneath him.

Warriors, though, kept the ball alive and worked the ball left and fed the hard running Percival who smashed men back and brilliantly offloaded to Currie to bulldoze over for his first league try. Carlisle added the extras and we were level at 13-13.

Worcester were now in the ascendancy and looked for a way through as Matavesi, also on off the bench, looked to kick in behind for Lemi who prowled down the touchline.

With less than two minutes left the visitors pressed the self-destruct button as Percival was taken out in the lineout and referee Doyle gave the penalty. Up stepped Goode under huge pressure and drilled the kick home to a thundering ovation.

But with the last play of the game Worcester got the put in at the scrum, after a knock on from the restart by Gloucester, only for a big visiting set piece to win the penalty and allow Burns to stun Sixways with the final play.

Timeline:

03m Twelvetrees p 0-3

14m Goode p 3-3

21m Twelvetrees p 3-6

41m Carlisle p 6-6

65m Trinder t Burns c 6-13

71m Currie t Carlisle c 13-13

78m Goode p 16-13

80m Burns p 16-16

Warriors: 01 Matt Mullan (Ce Jones 66), 02 Aleki Lutui (Hayes 71), 03 John Andress (Currie 66), 04 James Percival, 05 Dean Schofield (Gillies 59), 06 Chris Jones, 07 Sam Betty, 08 Matt Kvesic (Taulava 54), 09 Shaun Perry (Arr 60), 10 Andy Goode, 11 David Lemi, 12 Joe Carlisle, 13 Alex Grove (Matavesi 71), 14 Nikki Walker (Drauniniu 60), 15 Chris Pennell

Replacements: 16 Ollie Hayes, 17 Ceri Jones, 18 James Currie, 19 Craig Gillies, 20 Semisi Taulava, 21 Jonny Arr, 22 Josh Matavesi, 23 Josh Drauniniu