A FRUSTRATED Alan Solomons bemoaned his side's poor set-piece, which he said cost Worcester the match.
He said: “We had no field possession, we had no ball and we spent the entire afternoon on the back foot tackling.
“The reasons are that our set-piece was fractured and our line-out really struggled. And with our turnover and penalty counts being what they were, we just didn't have the ball. We just couldn't play. We made it very difficult for ourselves. It had a massive knock-on effect on your game. Our bad setpiece had a domino effect. Bath thoroughly deserved the win and the scoreline reflects that.”
TEAMS
BATH: Homer 7, Rokoduguni 7, Willison, 6.5 (McConnochie 67, 7.5), Roberts 7, Vuna 6.5 (Wright 77), Burns 7, Chudley (Fotuali'i 65, 6.5), Catt 7 (van Rooyen 59, 7), Dunn 7.5 (Walker 59, 7), Thomas 7 (Perenise 59, 7), Attwood 7.5, Stooke 7.5, Garvey (c) 7.5 (Charteris 74), Ellis 7 (Douglas 50, 6.5), Bayliss 6
WORCESTER: Pennell 7.5 (Shillcock 75), Heem 5.5, Venter 6, Mills 7, Humphreys 6, Weir 7, Hougaard 6, Black 5.5 (Waller 49, 6), Singleton 5 (Annett 54, 5), Schonert 6 (Milasinovich 65, 5), Bresler 6.5, Barry 5.5 (Phillips 49, 6), Williams 6 (Cox 57, 6), Lewis 6, van Velze 7 (c)
Not used: Olivier, Heaney
REFEREE: Craig Maxwell-Keys
ATTENDANCE: 14,072
Star man
Dave Attwood – Bath
Bath lock Elliott Stooke said: “That was the first game for me in about a month and I couldn't wait to get back out there with the boys.
“The intensity levels go up when you're in camp with England and when you get back here you've got to quickly switch back into club mode. I thought we did well today, particularly at set-piece.”
