By COLIN NEWBOULT
Newcastle 35pts
Tries: Tait 5, Vickers 52, Cooper 62, Socino 75
Conversions: Takulua 6, 53, Willis 76
Penalties: Takulua 21, 50, 67
Worcester 8pts
Try: Adams 47
Penalty: Heathcote 28

Bonus: Juan Pablo Socino scores Newcastle’s fourth try to secure the try bonus-point
PICTURES: Getty Images

Away: Bryce Heem on the run for Warriors

IT did not take long for the Worcester preseason optimism to evaporate. For all the good things that Newcastle brought to this encounter, plenty of damage was selfinflicted by the Warriors.
This was not just a poor performance, it was ...