Worcester Warriors Director of Rugby Dean Ryan admitted his side suffered a humiliating defeat at the hands of reigning Aviva Premiership champions Saracens, as they were beaten 48-18 at Twickenham.
The defeat, which is Warriors’ 3rd loss of the 2015-2016 season, saw Worcester slip to a 20-6 deficit at half-time, with things getting worse for the visitors as Saracens ran rampant after half-time.
Speaking to Worcester News, Director of rugby Dean Ryan said:
“We needed a couple of things for them not to be as clinical as they were in the first 30 minutes and for us to get used to how much pressure gets put on the small elements of the game. We always knew that, coming into this competition, we would get some pretty serious dents.”
“It was a sobering lesson but one we are prepared to take to get better. Before we had experienced this we only talked about things. This was an insight for the players into how much pressure gets put on the small points of the game.”
“They do exactly the same things as us – they just do it better than us and that can be enlightening for you because you can then go and work on it or it could be sobering for you because you might realise we are second at it.”
Worcester face Leicester Tigers next weekend at Sixways, with the visitors currently sitting in 3rd place in the Aviva Premiership table.
