WING Bryce Heem has encouraged his Worcester Warriors team-mates to play what they see in front of them in a bid to be “more clinical” in attack.

The New Zealander felt Warriors were “too structured” at times when they had the ball in their 21-15 defeat at Sale Sharks on Sunday.

Worcester trailed 18-0 at half-time before battling back to salvage a losing bonus point from the AJ Bell Stadium.

Heem was pleased with his side’s second-half showing and reckoned Warriors reaped the rewards when they upped the ante.

“It was a game of two halves,” Heem said. “We were a bit slow out of the starting blocks.

“But to come back the way we did in the second half was something we can take away from the game.

“You can’t take anything away from Sale as they were quite good defensively and in attack.

“They really brought it to us but we let them do that. We did not get off the line to meet them physically.

“We let them dictate the game whereas in the second half we were a bit more clinical in attack, carried harder and defended quite well.”

Heem crossed the whitewash six minutes after the break before Chris Pennell went over to move Warriors within six points of Sale.

But having lost 21-20 to Wasps in their Premiership opener the previous week the 29-year-old described their second bonus point of the season as merely a “silver lining”.

“I think we were good enough to win that game,” Heem said.

“But like last week we needed to be more clinical with the opportunities we created.

“I think we gelled quite well in the second half.

“We got some good gain-line and as soon as the ball was available we were pretty much playing what we were seeing instead of being too structured.

“We carried a bit better and took it to Sale rather than the other way around.

“They tightened up their defensive line and as soon as the ball was available we looked to play it into the space.

“The structure is there more for slow ball.

“When you lose your way a bit it is easier to get back into your structure to restart.

“But in terms of fast-paced rugby — if that’s the way you want to play — you have got to take the ball as soon as it is available and be good enough as a team to react to what the boys are doing.”

Warriors will now look to record their first victory of the campaign when they take on winless Newcastle Falcons at Sixways on Saturday (3pm).

“I thought (our second-half showing) was definitely a step in the right direction,” Heem added.

“Now it is about being accountable when we look at where we went wrong and work on those things.

“(Newcastle) is not an easy game. If we can performance like we did in the second half then it will take us a long way.”