Leicester (29) 50 Tries: Hipkiss, Goode, Gibson, Murphy, Ellis, Back Cons: Goode 5 Pen: Goode Worcester (0) 7 Try: Trueman Con: Hayes

Zurich Premiership leaders Leicester Tigers proved too good for struggling Worcester, running in seven tries in a comfortable victory.

An Andy Goode penalty gave the Tigers an early lead and Neil Back went over for their first try after 15 minutes.

Worcester defended well for much of the first half but a three-try burst late in the half set Leicester up nicely.

After a penalty try, Daryl Gibson and Andy Goode put Leicester 29-0 up and well on the way to another easy win.

It did not get any easier for the Premiership newcomers after the break as Irish full-back Geordan Murphy sprinted 50 metres for Leicester's fifth try of the day.

Worcester gained some comfort when Craig Gillies won a line-out and centre Gary Trueman burst through for their only try of the day.

But late scores from Harry Ellis and Dan Hipkiss, both converted by Goode, finished the Tigers win.

Leicester coach John Wells was full of praise for his side's professional performance.

"To score 50 points, against a side such as Worcester who have made it hard for teams to score against them, makes me pretty delighted," Wells said.

He is also upbeat about Tigers' title chances. "We're in a great position and in control of where we go," he added.

"Everything is still open to be won or lost - but we are happy with the way things are going."

Worcester coach Andy Keast felt his strugglers had done all that could be expected of them against such impressive opposition.

"We have to be positive. We're not going to give up and there's a great spirit in the camp," he said.

"I don't think anybody thought we'd come to Welford Road and win. I was pleased with our defence in the first.

"But we will regroup and come back fighting. We're a club in an embryonic stage and are under no illusions."

Leicester: Murphy, Rabeni, Smith, Gibson, Vesty, Goode, Bemand, Rowntree, Chuter, White, M. Johnson, L. Deacon, W. Johnson, Back, Corry.
Replacements: Buckland, B. Deacon, Morris, Kay, Ellis, Cornwell, Hipkiss.

Worcester: Delport, Pieters, Hinshelwood, Trueman, Sampson, Brown, Cole, Windo, van Niekerk, Horsman, Collier, Gillies, Hickey, Sanderson, MacLeod-Henderson.
Replacements: Fortey, Hall, Vaili, Murphy, Powell, Hayes, Roke.