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have suffered their second dramatic defeat in as many weeks against Biarritz in the Amlin .
Despite playing with a one-man advantage for the last 30 minutes and having a ten-point lead, the Warriors went down 33-25 at the Parc des Sports Aguilera.
Scrum-half Yann Lesgourgues crossed the line twice in the first half for the French but eight points from the boot of Ignacio Mieres and a try after 19 seconds from Jeremy Su’a put Worcester 13-12 in front at the interval.
Max Stelling extended the lead for Dean Ryan’s men before loosehead Thomas Synaeghel received a second yellow card for repeated infringements at the scrum.
Paul Warwick made it 25-15 but that was it for the Warriors as Biarritz unleashed flyer Teddy Thomas who grabbed a brace to complete a stunning comeback.
The French side also claimed the try bonus-point which keeps the pressure on who face Oyonnax at the AJ Bell tomorrow night.
Up North in Bordeaux, the went down 32-13 despite a try from Wales No.8 Toby Faletau.
Nineteen first-half points from fly-half Nicolas Sanchez answered Faletau’s try to edge the French 19-13 in front at the break but further tries from Robert Lilomaiva and Jefferson Poirot sealed the deal for Raphael Ibanez’s side.
v Mogliano
Bath: Anthony Watson; Richard Lane, Ollie Devoto, Kyle Eastmond, Matt Banahan; George Ford, Martin Roberts; Paul James, Eusebio Guinazu, Juan Pablo Orlandi; Stuart Hooper (Capt.), Dominic Day; Matt Garvey, Carl Fearns, Leroy Houston.
Replacements: Rob Webber, Nathan Catt, David Wilson, Ryan Caldwell, Will Skuse, Peter Stringer, Tom Heathcote,  Olly Woodburn.
Mogliano: Nicolo’ Fadalti; Alessandro Onori, Tommaso Boni, Enrico Bacchin, Filippo Guarducci; Edoardo Padovani, Enrico Endrizzi; Davide Meggetto, Ivan Gianesini, Alessio Ceglie; Marco Lazzaroni, Federico Maso; Edoardo Candiago (Capt.), Matteo Corazzi, Thorleif Halvorsen.
Replacements: Ornel Gega, Derrick Appiah, Massimiliano Ravalle, Meyer Swanepoel, Simone Ferrari, Alberto Lucchese, Matt Cornwell, Ezio Galon.
Calvisano v
Calvisano: Ben De Jager; Pablo Canavosio, Andy Vilk, Tommy Castello, Michele Visentin; Kelly Haimona, Marcello Violi; Andrea Lovotti, Luigi Ferraro, Salvatore Costanzo (Capt.); Agustin Cavalieri, Luca Beccaris; Nicola Belardo, Stefano Scanferla, Braam Steyn.
Replacements: Andrea Gavazzi, Luca Scarsini, Lorenzo Romano, Paino Hehea, Alessio Zdrilich, Paul Griffen, Alberto Chiesa, Alberto Bergamo.
Newcastle: Noah Cato; Alex Tait, Alex Crockett, Adam Powell, Zach Kibirige; Phil Godman, Warren Fury; Rob Vickers, Scott Lawson, Scott Wilson; Sean Tomes, Fraser McKenzie; Will Welch (Capt.), Andy Saull, Richard Mayhew.
Replacements: George McGuigan, Grant Shiells, Kieran Brookes, Carlo del Fava, James Fitzpatrick, Chris Pilgrim, Rory Clegg, Ryan Shortland.
v Grenoble
London Wasps: Elliot Daly; Will Helu, Ben Jacobs, Charlie Hayter, Tom Varndell; Joe Carlisle, Jack Moates; Matt Mullan, Tom Lindsay, Jake Cooper-Woolley; James Cannon, Tom Palmer; (Capt.), Sam Jones, Ed Jackson.
Replacements: Carlo Festuccia, Taione Vea, Will Taylor, Esteban Lozada, Rory Pitman, Josh Bassett, Tommy Bell, Andrew Suniula.
Grenoble: Matthieu Nicolas; Ratu Alipate Ratini, Shane O’Leary, Geoffroy Messina, Florian Ninard; Olly Barkley, Nicolas Bézy; Gregory Fabro, Anthony Hegarty, Richard Choirat; Alten Hulme, Hendrik Roodt; Cedric Beal, Henri Vanderglas, Florian Faure (Capt.).
Replacements: Vincent Campo, Romain David, Dayna Edwards, Thibault Rey, Mathieu Loree, Daniel Kilioni, Rida Jaouher, Roland Bernard.
Sale v Oyonnax
Sale: Rob Miller; Tom Brady, Mark Jennings, Sam Tuitupou, Mark Cueto; , Dwayne Peel; Ross Harrison, Tommy Taylor, Vadim Cobilas; Andrei Ostrikov, Kirill Kulemin; Dan Braid (Capt.), David Seymour, James Gaskell.
Replacements: Marc Jones, James Flynn, Tony Buckley, Jon Mills, Michael Paterson, Will Cliff, Joe Ford, Andy Forsyth.
Oyonnax: Jonathan Bousquet; Dug Codjo, Guillaume Bousses, Roimata Hansell Pune, Tikiko Koroivoutu; Nicolas Vuillemin, Fabien Cibray; Erwan Iapteff, Neil Clark, Ruaan Du Preez; Thibault Lassale, Damien Lagrange; Mahamadou Diaby, Christophe Andre, Chad Slade (Capt.).
Replacements: Lukas Rapant, Antoine Tichit, Clement Baiocco, Joe El Abd, Johann Authier, Hemani Paea, Pierre Aguillon, Miroslav Nemecek.
Stade Francais v
Stade Francais: Jerome Porical; Hugo Bonneval, Geoffrey Doumayrou, Herman Meyer Bosman, Adrea Cocagi; Jules Plisson, Richard Kingi; Zak Taulafo, Aled De Malmanche, David Attoub; Alexandre Flanquart, Gerhard Mostert; Antoine Burban, Pierre Rabadan (Capt.), David Lyons.
Replacements: Michael Van Vuuren, Romain Frou, Rabah Slimani, Anton van Zyl, Nicolas Garrault, Julien Dupuy, Morné Steyn, Jonathan Danty.
London Irish: Alex Lewington; Tom Fowlie, Fergus Mulchrone, Guy Armitage,  Andrew Fenby; Shane Geraghty (Capt.), Darren Allinson; Matt Parr, Mike Mayhew, Leo Halavatau; Nic Rouse, Bryn Evans; Declan Danaher, Kieran Low, Ofisa Treviranus.
Replacements: Jimmy Stevens, Johnny Harris, Jamie Hagan, George Skivington, Blair Cowan, Eamonn Sheridan, Myles Dorrian, Ed Hoadley.
 

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