WORCESTER Warriors head coach Rory Duncan conceded he refused to look at Ashley Beck’s broken leg due to having a “very weak stomach”.

But Duncan said he would know more about the injury after the seven-cap Wales international’s appointment with a specialist.

Beck sustained the blow three minutes into Warriors’ 38-27 victory over Stade Francais at the ‎Stade Jean-Bouin in the European Challenge Cup last Saturday.

It was only the 28-year-old’s fourth appearance and second start for Worcester since his summer switch from Ospreys who Warriors face at Sixways on Saturday (3pm).

But Beck whose career has been blighted by injuries now looks set for a lengthy spell on the sidelines.

“Seeing Ash being stretched off three minutes into the game wasn’t great,” Duncan said.

“He is a player that came through really strongly in pre-season and in the opportunities he has had he showed glimpses of what he was capable of so we were all excited to see him play (last weekend).

“He ran a fantastic support line so for him to get stopped a couple of metres before the line under those circumstances was extremely unfortunately for him.”

When asked how long Beck would be out for, Duncan said: “Ash has got an appointment with the specialist.

“After that we will obviously get a little bit more feedback.

“The only thing I know was that it was a broken leg.”

Duncan is no stranger to witnessing bad injuries as he recalled a match between Grey College and Grey Hill in 2013 when South African schoolboy Martin Groenewald snapped his leg in two places.

But Warriors’ coach said he chose to “block out” Beck’s injury when he replayed the incident after the match.

“I have got a very weak stomach,” Duncan said.

“The other guys watched it on the video but I said I didn’t want to see it.

“I wasn’t interested. I had to block it out.

“It was at a breakdown that we lost, so I was trying to concentrate on what was happening there and not the actual incident. The injury could have happened when he got tackled but I am not too sure.

“I don’t know if you have ever seen that schoolboy who had his leg broken in South Africa but I was the coach of that team as well.

“Any injury turns my stomach so I certainly wasn’t going to look at Ash’s broken leg.”