A desperate afternoon for destitute Worcester was every bit as emphatic as the scoreline suggests. It is tempting to say it will be a long season ahead for the crisis hit club but given the uncertainty over their future, they cannot even be afforded that phrase with confidence.
How they could do with someone of the rare abilities of Henry Arundell, scorer of two London Irish tries from the bench here – everything he touches turns to gold. There was no little endeavour, a predictably fast start but once Irish weathered the early storm they found holes in the defence all too easy to exploit and helped themselves to seven tries.
