Sanderson scored the match-winning try on 45 minutes, after Bucuresti fly-half Danut Dumbrava had given Mike Ruddock's men a scare with a try on the stroke of half-time to cancel out Marcel Garvey's opener.

After a nightmare Guinness Premiership start to their coaching stint at Sixways, Grand Slam-winning coach Ruddock and assistant Clive Griffiths were happy to leave Romania with the Pool 2 points.

Griffiths said: ``We're pleased with the result, because of the conditions.

``It was freezing, and the pitch was waterlogged. It was a case of getting the job done and getting out of here.

``That's now two wins out of our last two games, and we hope to take that into our game with Montauban next week.

``Although they never really tested us, we had to ensure we kept going for the full 80 minutes - and I thought we acquitted ourselves really well in difficult circumstances, and the tries were decent.

``It was a good passage of play from the backs to put Marcel in, and then Pat's try was set up from a brilliant drive by the forwards.''

Bucuresti: F Vlaicu; A Marin, C Dascalu, D Vlad, S Ciuntu; D Dumbrava, C Caplescu; N Nere, B Zebega, M Adascalitei, V Popirlan, C Ratiu, M Macovei, V Rus, C Mersoiu (capt).

Replacements: F Dobre, F Maxim, M Lazar, N Rus, D Carpo, R Bors, G Bigiu.

Worcester Warriors: C Pennell; G Delport, M Tucker, L Crichton, M Garvey; S Drahm, M Powell; D Morris, A Lutui, T Taumoepeau, P Murphy, C Gillies, T Wood, P Sanderson (capt), K Horstmann.

Replacements: M Mullan, C Fortey, W Bowley, G Quinnell, N Runciman, J Carlisle, M Benjamin.

Referee: Jeromé Garces (France)