A Thursday night Guinness Premiership game at Sixways. The commentators informed us that the new £8 million pound stand was being used for the first time this season. That's a lot of money for one side of a stadium. Worcester must have some big investors. The game started at a frenetic pace and Worcester opened the scoring with a neat drop kick from Matthew Jones after some exciting counter attacking. This seemed to spark Harlequins into life and in a breathless five minutes they scored 3 tries. Worcester couldn't cope with the quick ruck ball Quins were generating. The visitors ran amok with Danny Care feeding the sharp back line and strong support on hand to finish off the moves. The game was only 12 minutes gone and Quins were up 17 - 3. The homeside eventually managed to steady the ship and scored a well worked try from the base of the scrum. Quins then hit back with a classic turnover try from their own half. The ball was passed out to the centre and a long kick was put in for the winger Monye to chase. Latham made a valiant effort to cut the try off but Monye had too much pace and control and managed to touch down for an excellent try. Half time score 13 - 27.
The homeside made a good effort to come back into the game the second half with an early try. There was plenty of endeavour from both sides but no more tries were scored. Chris Malone missed a few kicks and in the last ten minutes Worcester earned a penalty that secured a losing bonus point. This was nothing more than the home side deserved. An enjoyable game throughout.
My man of the match: Ugo Monye
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