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Falcons suffer a humbling
Worcester 51 Newcastle Falcons 10
MIKE Ruddock praised his
Worcester side but had some
sympathy for troubled
Newcastle after a 51-10 victory
at Sixways rounded off both
sides Guinness Premiership
seasons.
The Warriors go to
Gloucester in a fortnight to
face Bath in the European
Challenge Cup final, while it is
question time for the Falcons
as they lick their wounds after
a troubled season.
Worcester director of rugby
Ruddock said: It was great for
us, but what a tough week for
Newcastle after they had to
play three games.
We won the second-half 31-
0, which shows they were tired.
As much as we won the game
and it was great to sign off
with a victory, we keep it in
perspective and we know it will
be tougher in two weeks time
against Bath.
Worcester notched up eight
touchdowns and could have
inflicted the heaviest defeat on
Newcastle this season if more
than two conversions went over
or possible tries C ruled out for
forward passes and mistakes C
had been scored.
Newcastles acting director of
rugby Steve Bates admitted it
had been a tough week,
especially after Wednesdays
failed bid to beat Wasps.
Bates said: We had a really
difficult week and there were a
lot of young lads out there who
have not got a lot of experience
at this level and havent played
much rugby at this intensity
and that showed after halftime.
That is where our
tiredness showed from this
week. We have not had any
time to prepare.
We played Wednesday night,
didnt do anything Thursday,
travelled yesterday and had a
little runaround.
We got here but we are
taking on a good Premiership
team with half a side ourselves
and no preparation.
Im not particularly
surprised but I thought, firsthalf
particularly, we did not
help ourselves with discipline.
But, at the end, I think it
was just the end of a couple of
tough months for us.
Worcester scored three tries
after half-time through Thinus
Delport and Miles Benjamin
(two), taking the score from 20-
10 to 37-10 and putting them
out of sight.
Pat Sanderson, Aleki Lutui
and Chris Horsman got
touchdowns for the Warriors in
the first half against one try
from Newcastles Ollie Phillips.
The seventh and eighth
touchdowns, by Rico Gear and
Marcel Garvey, were just the
icing on the Worcester cake.
Bates added: We were under
a bit of pressure and we
havent done badly to turn
around at 20-10 but the three
tries after half-time were the
turning point.
ö Alex Tait, brother of the
departing Mathew, has signed a
new deal at Kingston Park.
9:27am Monday 12th May 2008
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