England are sweating on an injury to hooker Mark Regan sustained at Worcester.
Bristol hooker suffers injury seven days ahead of RBS Six Nations
England are sweating on an injury to hooker Mark Regan sustained in Bristol's 25-5 defeat at Worcester.
The World Cup number two came off 42 minutes into the defeat at Sixways and is now a doubt for England's RBS Six Nations opener against Wales on February 2.
Bristol coach Richard Hill said: "I have not asked the physios what his problem is yet but it looked like a neck or head. He's moping about in the dressing room at the moment.
"He would not have come off if he was 100 per cent so it depends on how he reacts now.
"Unfortunately, we didn't turn up today and Worcester did. We were just poor. We cannot produce the big ones week in and week out and we are suffering so badly with injuries at the moment. Today, we picked up three.
"So we are on our backsides at the moment and the three-week break during the Six Nations cannot come soon enough."
Warning
Worcester director of rugby Mike Ruddock is warning against complacency meanwhile, after his side notched their first win of the season.
Pat Sanderson, Greg Rawlinson and Dale Rasmussen scored the tries after Tom Arscott had put the visitors ahead, but Ruddock is taking nothing for granted ahead of Leeds' match against London Irish on Sunday.
Ruddock said: "The players are obviously delighted. They are a good bunch and we have been unlucky. We should have won the game up in Newcastle, I felt, where we scored two tries to nil.
Powerful
"We were powerful today and we looked capable of scoring tries so we are hoping this is a turning point although we are not getting carried away. Leeds could win tomorrow against London Irish and then the heat is back on.
"So we need to use this now to press on. We know we are where we shouldn't be at the moment in the table but this has been a period of transition. There have been a number of new players who have come into the team but we feel that transition has been important.
"There have been a lot of changes and it's taken us a while to bed those guys in. Now we are looking at a team which can build and go forward with confidence."
