Thanks to our friends at Premiership Rugby for the round up and Getty Images for the photo.Saracens' hopes of finishing top of the Aviva Premiership Rugby table were dealt a huge blow when Worcester Warriors pulled off a shock 16-11 win at Sixways. Saracens took an early 8-0 lead and for most of the first half the Warriors struggled to contain the visitors who played a game of huge tempo.
The home defence looked sure to crack and a heavy defeat for the Warriors seemed probable but somehow Worcester held on, grew in confidence, and ultimately secured an unlikely victory
Sale Sharks ran in six tries as they powered to a dominant bonus-point 46-34 victory over London Wasps, who succumbed to their ninth consecutive Aviva Premiership Rugby defeat. Sale scored three first-half tries through Sam Tuitupou (twice) and Dwayne Peel as they opened up a 25-14 advantage, with Nick Macleod adding the rest from the boot. Wasps' response came from three Elliot Daly penalties and a Dominic Waldouck touchdown.
The Sharks repeated the try-scoring feat in the second period with Andy Powell, Johnny Leota and Rob Miller all going over, although two late Joe Simpson scores made the score more respectable.
Two tries from Thomas Waldrom helped Leicester Tigers leapfrog Northampton Saints into third place in the Aviva Premiership Rugby table after a comfortable home 42-15 win over struggling Newcastle. With Leicester wrapping up the four-try bonus point just two minutes into the second half, the result leaves Newcastle still six points adrift of London Wasps at the other end of the table.
Bath Rugby completed an Aviva Premiership Rugby double over West Country rivals Exeter Chiefs in a game where all the points came through penalties at Sandy Park, 9-6. It was a typical derby clash with little between the teams but the outcome meant a fourth home defeat for the Chiefs in the league this season, and the Devon side have to look back to January 1978 for when they last beat Bath.
Two tries from full-back Ross Chisholm were not enough to help stuttering Harlequins as the Aviva Premiership Rugby leaders slumped to defeat at Gloucester Rugby, 29-23.
Quins will be kicking themselves back down the motorway after they had Gloucester in trouble a few times in the second half but could not get the tries to recover from an early setback.
Wing Charlie Sharples, full-back Jonny May and flanker Akapusi Qera grabbed Gloucester's tries, with fly-half Freddie Burns booting four penalties and a conversion. As well as Chisholm's tries, Quins' other points came from fly-half Nick Evans' boot with three penalties and two conversions.
Replacement Ben Nutley shattered London Irish in the last seconds to give Northampton Saints a 10th Aviva Premiership Rugby victory of the season at Reading's Madejski Stadium, 30-23.
The bonus-point win put Northampton into t
hird ahead of midlands rivals Leicester but the thumping match could have gone either way as the second half ticked down.
Irish got tries from full-back Delon Armitage, wing Sailosi Tagicakibau and flanker Declan Danaher, with Adrian Jarvis booting eight points. Saints went over the line via wing Noah Cato, No 8 Roger Watson, full-back Paul Diggin and Nutley's winner, with outstanding Stephen Myler adding 10 points with the boot.
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