Cornish Pirates are beaten by high-flying Worcester
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Cornish Pirates joint-head coach Gavin Cattle says his side struggled to make an impact as they lost 29-7 at home to high-flying Worcester Warriors.
The loss ended a five-game winning run for the Pirates, although they remain in fifth place in the Champ.
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Pirates had Luke Ratcliff sin-binned after four minutes and second-placed Worcester took advantage as Siva Naulago went over.
Tries from Lloyd Williams and Tim Anstee put Worcester 17-0 up at the break before Obinna Nkwocha's bonus-point try two minutes into the second half.
Matty Ward pulled a try back soon after for the hosts before Worcester replacement Juan Gonzalez completed the scoring with 20 minutes left.
"You've got to credit Worcester, I thought they were excellent in and around the collision," Cattle told BBC Radio Cornwall.
"We couldn't really penetrate in that first half and then off the back are two turnovers through defensive pressure in fairness, one handling error from us, it just gave them the leg up we didn't need to give them.
"But when you've got that type of lead then you're always chasing the game."
He added: "We didn't give the best account of ourselves.
"I think physically we were there but I've got to hand it to Worcester, around that contact area they really took it up a level to what we've been used to the last four or five weeks."