London Irish (21) 48
Tries: Tiesi, Armitage, Thorpe 2, Tagicakibau, Mordt, Fury
Cons: Hickey 4, Mordt
Pen: Hickey
Worcester (10) 27
Tries: Benjamin, Garvey, Horstmann, Bowley 2
Con: Carlisle
London Irish ended their EDF Energy Cup campaign with a seven-try victory over Worcester at the Madejski Stadium.
Both sides had already been knocked out of the competition but they produced an entertaining game with Exiles going ahead with three first-half tries.
And they made sure of the win with four tries after the break, flanker Richard Thorpe ending up with a brace.
Despite the Exiles dominating, Worcester showed plenty of fight and lock Will Bowley crossed twice late on.
Irish's victory means that they ended in second place in Group C, with the Ospreys qualifying for the semi-finals.
London Irish forwards coach Tony Booth:
"Competition for places is what we want at this level. A lot of our players have put their hands up today. "We've got some decisions to make for next week but that's a headache you like
to have.
"Gonzalo Tiesi was deservedly man of the match - he distributed well and carried the ball well and that took the pressure off a lot of the other boys.
"His performance in attack was very encouraging. Overall I thought we had plenty of width and plenty of pace and that is how we are looking to play."
Warriors coach Mike Ruddock:
"Defensively we are very disappointed to concede as many tries as we did. "The try just before half-time was a big blow to us and we never got back into it. We were always playing catch-up and things got very loose in the second half.
"We are back here in the league in a few weeks and the game will not be anything like that - I promise you."
London Irish: Topsy Ojo; Dominic Shabbo, Gonzalo Tiesi, Nils Mordt, Sailosi Tagicakibau, Eoghan Hickey, Paul Hodgson; Clarke Dermody, Danie Coetzee, Richard Skuse, James Hudson, Bob Casey (capt), Richard Thorpe, Steffon Armitage, Juan Leguizamon
Replacements: Dan Murphy, David Paice, Gary Johnson, Phil Murphy, Mark Ireland, Warren Fury, Jeremy Staunton
Worcester: Chris Pennell; Miles Benjamin, Mark Tucker, Dominic Feaunati, Marcel Garvey; Joe Carlisle, Matt Powell; Matt Mullan, Chris Fortey, Darren Morris, Greg Rawlinson, Will Bowley, Netani Talei, James Collins, Kai Horstmann
Replacements: Tony Windo, Shaun Ruwers, Phil Murphy, Craig Everett, Jonny Arr, Shane Drahm, Uche Oduoza
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