Rugby Union: Deciding factor in leaders' favour; Rotherham 18 Worcester 8.(ROP)

From: The Birmingham Post (England) | Date: January 28, 2002 | Copyright information

Byline: Michael Blair

That's it, that's the National League One promotion issue settled. It is for Worcester, anyhow.

'A must-win game' was how Geoff Cooke described this visit to Clifton Lane on Saturday and that's how his team, in the second half, anyway, played it.

But their grasp of the essentials of the match was so vague in the first half that they left themselves with a mountain that Rotherham wouldn't let them climb.

So Worcester have to kick their heels for another twelve months, at least. Which is a summing-up that's just a bit too pat for the winners' ...

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