STAND-OFF Duncan Weir conceded he felt “like a passenger” in Worcester Warriors’ 28-13 Gallagher Premiership defeat at Bath.

The Scotland international notched two penalties and converted Ryan Mills’ first-half try but was starved of possession as Warriors struggled at the set-piece.

“It was a strange game,” said the 27-year-old fly-half.

“We didn’t have much of the ball and there was pretty much over 100 tackles between the two teams which probably paints a big picture of how the game went.

“We struggled in the second half to get out of our half and launch any attacks from set-piece but credit to Bath they made it difficult for us as they brought a physicality to their forward pack.

“When you are defending that much there is going to be creaks in it at times but I thought that we actually fronted up and the forwards really put in a shift defensively.

“I kind of felt like a passenger in the game, just standing, watching it all unfold but it was frustrating.

“It was a hard game to get a grasp of and and I felt pretty much like a passenger for 80 minutes."

Mills went over to cancel out Semesa Rokoduguni’s score and drew Warriors level at 10-10 on 26 minutes before two Freddie Burns penalties gave Bath a six-point cushion at half-time.

Tom Ellis then charged down Francois Hougaard’s kick to touch down before Elliott Stooke’s late try sealed victory for the hosts.

“As a back you want to attack.” said Weir whose side have been scoring tries at will in recent weeks.

“I thought we started brightly with some good phases in attack and were causing them a bit of trouble in getting over the gain-line.

“But when the ball dries up it is not as fun defending for large periods of time.

“I don’t know exactly what happens at the set-piece battle with Bath getting the upper-hand there.

“But it is frustrating as a back-line that we didn’t get as much of the ball as we have had in other games this season where we have been causing teams a lot of trouble in getting into our shape really well and scoring some really good team tries.

“We know we can play but as a back-line we kind of sat back and watched the forwards have an arm wrestle up front.

“I am not putting the blame on anyone.

“It is team collective thing, but we need to go back and train hard this week and look forward to a big response at home against Harlequins (on Friday, 7.45pm).”