Mike Ruddock was happy after Worcester beat Newcastle, but Steve Bates thought his side was tired.
Warriors thump tired Falcons 51-10 ahead of final clash with Bath
Worcester coach Mike Ruddock praised his side after they finished off their Guinness Premiership season with a 51-10 thumping of tired Newcastle.
Saturday's game was the Falcons third match in a week and it showed as they conceded 31 points without reply in the second period.
While director of rugby Ruddock was pleased with the Warriors' win, he knows Bath, whom they play in the European Challenge Cup final at Gloucester in a fortnight, will prove far tougher opposition.
Great
The Warriors boss said: "It was great for us because things we talked about at the start of the season came right but what a tough week for Newcastle after they had to play three games.
"We won the second-half 31-0, which shows they were tired. As much as we won the game and it was great to sign off with a victory, we keep it in perspective and we know it will be tougher in two weeks time against Bath.
"There were times when we put the ball down when we shouldn't and we had a try against us which we are pretty filthy about.
"We've got to temper our thoughts and reflect that Newcastle really did tie up a bit in the second half."
He added: "It is a good confidence-booster for the final but, as coaches, you always want more. You tend to think about passes that went down rather than tries that were scored - and there some great tries today."
Newcastle reaction
Newcastle also failed to beat Wasps on Wednesday night and the Falcons acting director of rugby Steve Bates believed it had been a tough week for his side.
He said: "We had a really difficult week and there were a lot of young lads out there who have not got a lot of experience at this level and haven't played much rugby at this intensity and that showed after half-time.
"That is where our tiredness showed from this week. We have not had any time to prepare. We played Wednesday night, didn't do anything Thursday, travelled yesterday and had a little runaround.
"We got here but we are taking on a good Premiership team with half a side ourselves and no preparation. I'm not particularly surprised but I thought, first-half particularly, we did not help ourselves with discipline.
"But, at the end, I think it was just the end of a couple of tough months for us."
The game turned when Worcester scored three tries after half-time through Thinus Delport and two from Miles Benjamin, taking the score from 20-10 to 37-10 and putting them out of sight.
Bates added: "We were under a bit of pressure and we haven't done badly to turn around at 20-10 but the three tries after half-time were the turning point."
