WARRIORS head coach Carl Hogg felt his players passed their Moseley test with flying colours.

“It’s a difficult task to come to Moseley – they are a very streetwise side,” said a delighted Hogg.

“This was a really tricky challenge for us and we came through it with flying col - ours.

“It was a real contest for 20 to 30 minutes and then we got three quick tries which were well executed just before half-time and that took the game away from Moseley.

“In the first 10 to 15 minutes, we had a few opportunities that we let away but there was a critical 10 minutes before half- time when our execution was fantastic.

“We had a little bit of width and pace on the ball and they struggled to live with it.

We ended up getting the tries which were pivotal to the outcome of the game.

“There is a reasonable slope at the ground and there was little bit of wind behind Moseley in the second-half.

"We had limited opportunities but we defended stoutly and we still had the desire and will to put in tackles.

“We could see the unity of the side over the last 30 minutes when they had to defend.

“There have been different challenges each week in the British and Irish Cup and you can see the boys have been working things out, growing, and coming up with solutions.”

Hogg was thrilled that his defence prevented Moseley from registering a point.

“Every defence coach and every team says that your spirit is shown by your defence,” said Hogg.

“To be 39-0 up with 20 minutes to go and still defend as stoutly as we did is a great indicator of the great team spirit in this group and in the club.”

Hogg felt that a more experienced War - riors’ back row had proved vital.

“Mat Gilbert and Matt Cox came into the back row because we thought we would need to stiffen it up with a little more ex - perience against Moseley and that proved to be the case.

“As a group, we are absolutely delighted because that’s three wins out of three in the British and Irish Cup.

“The whole group has grown through A- team fixtures on a Monday night having won four out of four and they have made a great start to this cup competition.”

Moseley head coach Kevin Maggs believes his players will learn from the derby defeat.

“It’s very difficult when we let in a soft try from a quick tap and then we had a yel - low card and they scored a few times then.

“A lot of our young guys would have learned from this. I would rather it hap - pen in the British and Irish Cup because the league is our main priority and Worcester’s is to get promoted.

“Nile Dacres and Ed Siggery and our front row did well and gave a good account of themselves. Worcester’s defence was outstanding in the second-half.

“We had lots of inexperienced guys on the field and, at times, it looked like we didn’t know what we were doing.”