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The last time Worcester Warriors faced Rovigo they went on to reach a European final and Richard Hill will be hoping the omens are good to repeat that feat. - 19/10/2012 10:30
The last time Worcester Warriors faced Rovigo they went on to reach a European final and Richard Hill will be hoping the omens are good to repeat that feat.
In their debut European season the Warriors defeated the Italians both home and away on their way to the European Shield final, where they lost to Auch.
Nowadays Worcester are a far more experienced outfit when it comes to competing abroad yet still managed to set new standards last week.
Worcester tore up the record book with their biggest European win over newcommers Bizkaia Gernika, including a hat-trick for teenage centre Max Stelling.
There was more good news for coach Richard Hill with the return of Ed Shervington, Andy Short, Neil Best and Jake Abbott from injury and all will look to take another step back against the Italians at Sixways.
Femi-CZ VEA Rovigo, who saw experienced players leave in the summer, suffered their third worse defeat in Europe at the hands of Perpignan last week despite the best kicking efforts of Stefan Basson.
Worcester Warriors and Perpignan go head-to-head for what virtually amounts to a straight 80 minutes shoot-out for a quarter-final place when they clash at Stade Aime Giral on Saturday night. - 14/12/2012 08:00
David Lemi was the four-try star turn as Worcester Warriors enjoyed another try fest in romping to a 90-3 Amlin Challenge Cup Pool 2 victory against an outgunned Femi-CZ VEA Rovigo team.
A week after running in a then club tournament record 13 tries against Spanish champions Bizkaia Gernika they went one better this time and banked the try bonus point after just 25 minutes.
Samoan international wing Lemi has now scored 21 tries in 25 European matches for three clubs – Bristol, Wasps and now Warriors – and fellow wing Andy Short also collected a hat-trick for the wide pair to share half the record tries.
Short had the honour of securing the maximum points with Lemi completing his hat-trick soon after the break and getting his fourth before being replaced after an hour – although that did little to save the Italians further punishment.
Flanker Sam Betty had started the try avalanche after just five minutes, full back Errie Claassens got the next two minutes later and it was strictly one-way traffic from there on in with outside-half Joe Carlisle finishing with 30 points from a brace of tries and 10 conversions.
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