The Premiership is an unforgiving place for teams who start slowly. Bottom-placed Worcester have lost their opening two games and injuries are already beginning to bite. Losing their strongest scrummager, Nick Schonert, to a suspected broken ankle is a major blow and the Warriors are down to two fit fly-halves with the league season barely a fortnight old. To compound matters, England’s Ben Te’o has an ongoing arm problem which has forced him off prematurely in both his team’s games to date. “He’s got a plate in it and it’s sore,” said Gary Gold, Worcester’s director of rugby. “Every time he gets a bang on it, it’s a bit more sore. He probably is in quite a bit of pain so he deserves a huge amount of credit for the character he put up before he came off. He showed he’s a world-class player.” Wasps’ Dai Young, meanwhile, is happy enough to be on top of the table but says his team still have plenty to improve on after their 27-10 victory over the Warriors. “I don’t think it was a two-score victory, if I am honest. It wasn’t a great performance from us.” Robert Kitson
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