Warriors suffer defeat against Bedford

Worcester Warriors fell to defeat to Bedford Blues at Sixways, losing 28-14 on Saturday afternoon.

Bedford crossed for two first-half tries to take the lead before the Warriors pegged one back, but two more second-half tries secured Bedford the win.

The opening stages of the game saw both sides jostle to grab the game's momentum, with some strong defensive sets from the Warriors livening the Sixways crowd.

Sixways soon saw a deluge of rain hit with both sides handling effected, and as the downpour started to die down, Bedford took the lead with Amena Caqusau reading a pass outwide perfectly to go in under the posts, with Will Maisey adding the conversion.

Five minutes later, Bedford had a second with scrum-half Alex Day finding the line after a break from Lucas Titherington.

Worcester continued to fight for a way back into the game and nearly had the reward following a Siva Naulago break, but the final pass didn’t quite find the hands.

On the stroke of the break, the Warriors did get the first try with continued pressure built on the Bedford line Hal Chapman burrowed over the line for his fifth try of the season.

The second half at Sixways started much like the first, both sides trying to establish the half’s momentum, and it was Bedford who crossed first when Dean Adamson finished in the corner despite strong defensive efforts in the corner.

With the introduction of much of the Warriors' bench, the hosts continued to hunt for a second try, and it came with fifteen minutes remaining when full-back Will Trewin crossed after receiving an offload from Tiff Eden, who had cut through the Bedford defence.

Maisey missed a chance to extend his side's lead, pushing a penalty wide, but as the game headed into the final ten minutes, the momentum seemed to stick with the visitors.

And the game was secured with two minutes to go, with Adamson getting his second try to clinch the victory for Bedford.

Warriors 14

T – Hallam Chapman 40’, Will Trewin 65’

C – Tiff Eden 40’, 65’

Bedford 28

T – Amena Caqusau 19’, Alex Day 24’, Dean Adamson 52’, 78’

C – Will Maisey 19’, 24’, 52’

Warriors XV

15 Will Trewin, 14 Siva Naulago (Roma Zheng 47’), 13 James Short, 12 Rory Taylor, 11 Josh Bassett, 10 Tiff Eden, 9 Lloyd Williams (Jake Garside 55’); 1 Cam Miell (Livai Natave 47’), 2 Archie Vanes (Austin Wallis 52’ (Archie Vanes 72’)), 3 Fraser Balmain (Tim Hoyt 65’), 4 Hallam Chapman (Thabo Ndimande 52’), 5 Obinna Nkwocha (Hugh Bokenham 57’),6 Tim Anstee, 7 Matt Kvesic ©, 8 Matt Rogerson (James Tyas 75’)

Bedford XV

15 George Worth, 14 Amena Caqusau (Ryan Hutler 78’), 13 Lucas Titherington (Toby Thame 78’), 12 Michael Le Bourgeois, 11 Dean Adamson, 10 Will Maisey, 9 Alex Day (C) (James Lennon 78’); 1 Jamie Jack (Joey Conway 44’), 2 Tommy Herman (James Fish 57’), 3 Oisin Heffernan (Ben Griffin 78’), 4 Ilan Evans (Aiden Ainsworth-Cave 26’), 5 Alex Woolford, 6 Fred Tuilagi, 7 Fyn Brown (Nicholas Finch 66’), 8 Tui Uru

Captain Matt Kvesic was chosen as our Match Sponsor (J-scapes Gardening & Landscaping) and Match Ball Sponsor (G Herbert Banks) Man of the Match.

Thanks as always to Everton's Wine Merchants and Pommery for providing the champagne.