Leeds chief Stuart Lancaster says they will fight until the bitter end in their battle to avoid relegation.
Leeds will fight to the end to avoid relegation from the Premiership.
Leeds chief Stuart Lancaster says they will fight until the bitter end in their battle to avoid relegation from the Guinness Premiership.
Leeds drew 10-10 at Worcester on Sunday, a result which sees the hosts keep their 14-point advantage over the Yorkshire side who sit at the foot of the table.
Worcester had their chances but in the end Leeds hung on for a draw, although Lancaster knows that they must start winning games to stay up.
Regardless of how bad the situation is at present, director of rugby Lancaster insists that his Leeds side will continue to fight for their lives until the end of the season.
"Ultimately, we need to win games," said Lancaster.
"Draws are a step forward but we need to do that on Friday.
"It will never be over until it is mathematically impossible and, even then, we have to look where we are."
Young team
"We are very much a young team and are a year and a half into our existence.
"We come up against sides like Worcester, who have been together for three or four years and are adding quality players on a regular basis.
"They and all the other sides in the Premiership are established while we are having to learn as we go, improve and learn from experiences."
Leeds were put under intense pressure by the Warriors but held out somehow, sometimes with some desperate defending.
Lancaster added: "To put that amount of effort in typifies what we are about.
"If you put that amount of character, spirit and courage in, you can build on it. They are the building blocks of a side."
Worcester's director of rugby Mike Ruddock was not too pleased with his side as they were denied tries and wasted opportunities to almost secure their safety.
"It was an opportunity we had that we let slip away," said Ruddock.
"We dominated possession and territory and could not finish the game off.
"The last two games (wins over Sale and Leicester) we set certain standards and showed we could be right up there with the big boys and, with all due respect to Leeds, we felt we had made enough improvements to put them away.
"Having said that, to a man they tackled superbly and never gave up. They had the start they wanted and it made it difficult for us when they went 7-0 up."
Decision
Ruddock defended skipper Pat Sanderson's decision to ask fly-half Shane Drahm to kick to touch in the second-half rather than go for goal, which could have won the match.
Ruddock added: "It was always going to be the captain's choice on that.
"The conditions were bad and, if the kicker thinks he can do it, he is going to offer himself to the captain.
"Even if he managed to covert that, there was probably time for them to get back down the other end and score a try so, given the swirling wind and conditions, the feeling out there was that it was the right choice and I'm going to back the players on that one."
