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Worcester Warriors play host to Oyannax this weekend
Worcester Warriors play host to Oyannax this weekend, who will be looking to get their first win on the board in this season’s European Rugby Challenge Cup. The clubs have met twice before during the 2013/14 pool stage, with Worcester remaining unbeaten against the TOP 14 side (W1, D1).
· Worcester have won their last three in a row at home, averaging 40 points per game during that run.
· Oyonnax have lost each of their last four games against Aviva Premiership opposition in this competition, failing to score more than 15 points in any of those games.
· Worcester have won 20 turnovers after two rounds, more than any other side, while Oyonnax have won the fewest so far (6).
· Worcester hooker Joe Taufete'e is the joint top try scorer in the Challenge Cup this season, despite playing just 64 minutes in total.
Worcester Warriors charged to the Pool 5 summit in the European Rugby Challenge Cup on Saturday with a thrilling 35-14 triumph over Oyonnax at Sixways. - 09/12/2017 17:03
Worcester Warriors charged to the Pool 5 summit in the European Rugby Challenge Cup on Saturday with a thrilling 35-14 triumph over Oyonnax at Sixways.
- Winger Tom Howe collected a brace of tries, while replacement scrum-half Luke Baldwin and No 8 David Denton also crossed in as Worcester Warriors picked up a bonus-point victory to move two points clear of Connacht Rugby, who face Brive in the final Pool 5 Round 3 fixture later on Saturday.
- It was Oyonnax who seized an early initiative, though, as New Zealand-born hooker Hika Elliot crashed over to score the visitors' lone try of the match in the sixth minute.
- Two penalties apiece for Oyonnax fly-half Christopher Ruiz and Worcester Warriors No 10 Sam Olver brought the scoreline to 11-6 on half an hour, before Howe came to the fore.
- Howe raced in his first score of the match on 34 minutes and Olver's conversion gave the hosts a slender 13-11 lead at the interval.
- Ruiz nudged Oyonnax back in front with a penalty early in the second half, but when Howe doubled his tally on the hour mark, momentum swung well in favour of Worcester Warriors.
- Scrum-half Baldwin checked in first and then Denton followed soon after as Worcester bolstered their claims for a place in the knockout stages of the European Rugby Challenge Cup.
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