By Press Association Sport Staff
Published: 17:35 GMT, 3 March 2019 | Updated: 17:38 GMT, 3 March 2019
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Newcastle gave themselves a glimmer of hope in their battle to avoid relegation from the Gallagher Premiership with a hard-fought 17-6 victory over Worcester at Kingston Park.
Toby Flood turned in a man-of-the-match performance with a converted try, penalty and another conversion of Zach Kibirige's early try as the hosts denied their fellow strugglers a losing bonus point and cut the gap at the bottom of the table to five points.
Newcastle got off to a great start with an opportunist try from Kibirige after just six minutes.
Toby Flood turned in a man-of-the-match performance as Newcastle beat Worcester
The fly-half scored one of his own before converting his another try against the Warriors
The winger, who scored twice against Exeter last weekend, seized his chance when scrum-half Sonatane Takulua was impeded at the base of the ruck. As referee Wayne Barnes signalled penalty advantage, Kibirige snapped up the ball and raced through from 30 metres, with Flood converting.
Duncan Weir kicked a penalty for 7-3 in the 10th minute when the Falcons dropped the scrum, before Flood did likewise four minutes later after a searing move by Simon Hammersley and Sinoti Sinoti ended with Logovi'i Mulipola touching down. However, the prop was clearly in front of
