Warriors secure bonus point victory over Scottish

Worcester Warriors bounced back from last week’s defeat with an eight-try victory over London Scottish at Sixways.

Five first-half tries set the result in motion before a further three in the second period secured the bonus point victory.

It took just two minutes for the Warriors to get over the line when some magic feet from Juan Gonzalez allowed him to escape down the left wing, beating several defenders before sending Will Lane in for the opener.

The second came five minutes later when the Warriors pounced on scraps, allowing Tim Anstee to race down the wing to dot down.

And a third came for Worcester with Billy Twelvetrees breaking off a driving maul to crash over – Eden adding his third conversion.

Noah Ferdinand saw yellow for London Scottish, and the Warriors added two more within the sin-bin period.

First, Jake Garside brought his dancing feet to Sixways to fly over the line to secure the bonus point before Louis Brown started and finished the move, sending the pass outwide to Tom Seabrook before receiving the pass back to cross for a fifth first-half score.

Before the break, there was time for the visitors to get on the board, with Ferdinand finishing well in the corner.

A number of changes in the early period of the second half saw the arrival of Tom Golder and Chris Preen for their Worcester debuts and new arrival Huw Taylor for his second debut.

And it was one of those substitutions, Livai Natave who crossed for the first try of the second half, powering over from close range for the Warriors sixth.

London Scottish added a second try with Harry Clayton going over from a driving maul, but Worcester hit back almost immediately when Will Reed glided through a gap for his side's seventh.

The game was seemingly petering out as it edged into its final minutes, but there was still time for another try apiece.

London Scottish first crossed for a third, with replacement hooker Jack Wright going over this time.

But there was still time for the Warriors to put the icing on the cake with Brown adding his second after cutting back inside through a hole in the Scottish defence.

Warriors 52

T – Lane 2’, Anstee 7’, Twelvetrees 15’, J Garside 26’, Brown 31’, 80’, Natave 55’, Reed 62’

C – Eden 2’, 7’, 15’, 26’, 31’, Reed 62’

L Scottish 19

T – Ferdinand 36’, Clayton 60’, Wright 79’

C – Honey 36’, Wilstead 60’

YC – Ferdinand 20’

Warriors Team

15 Louis Brown, 14 Jake Garside, 13 Tom Seabrook (Will Reed 60’), 12 Billy Twelvetrees (Chris Preen 54’), 11 Juan González, 10 Tiff Eden, 9 Will Lane (Lloyd Williams 60’); 1 Billy Keast (Livai Natave 46’), 2 Will Biggs (Austin Wallis 46’), 3 Ashley Challenger (Tim Hoyt 46’), 4 Hallam Chapman, 5 Tim Anstee (Tom Golder 46’), 6 Matt Kvesic ©, 7 Thabo Ndimande, 8 Khalik Kareem (Huw Taylor 54’)

L Scottish Team

15 Dan Nutton ©, 14 Murray Bellis, 13 Will Talbot-Davies (Radianirova 46’), 12 Robbie McCallum, 11 Noah Ferdinand, 10 Fraser Honey (Wilstead 54’), 9 Jonny Law (Kerins 62’); 1 Vaughan Bentley (Lindsay 55’), 2 Harry Clayton (Wright 71’), 3 Osman Dimen (Hay 66’), 4 Matt Wilkinson (Huis 62’), 5 Theo Vukasinovic (Johnson 55’), 6 Bailey Ransom, 7 Jack Ingall, 8 Tom Marshall

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