LONDON Scottish utility back Peter Lydon believes Worcester Warriors’ tag as favourites could  prove a heavy burden in tonight's Championship play-off semi-final second leg at Sixways.

Having recovered from an early 17-3 deficit at home to Warriors on Saturday, the Exiles led 22-20 heading into the final minute, only to concede a penalty try with the last play of the game.

That score means Scottish trail by five points heading into the decisive second leg at Sixways – less than two months after going down by more than 40 points on the same ground.

“It was said after the game that it is only half time – we are half way through a 160-minute match, and we are only five points down,” said Lydon.

“We are confident of what we can do, we know we are going there with the pressure off us from people outside watching – although we will still put a lot of pressure on ourselves to perform, because we have high standards as a team.

“Everybody expects Worcester to make the final, so all the pressure is on them.

“Every person at our club wants to win this thing so much, we are not just here to make up the numbers.

“We are fully aware of the quality they possess as a side, but we know we have guys good enough to get us the win.

“There is a lot of annoyance after conceding that late try in the first leg, so we will certainly be trying to right those wrongs.

“We’re just eager to go there and cause an upset now.”

 Lydon is calling on Scottish to produce an 80-minute performance tonight.

“We know in ourselves that we put in a good performance on the day, but at the same time we fell short at the end in conceding that try at the death,” said the 22-year-old.

“So it’s a mixed bag really – we know we played well but ultimately we lost a semi-final at home, which is even more frustrating because we have been good at home this season.

“In the first 20 minutes we went away from our game-plan from the week, but once we corrected that, we got back into it and I think we played the best rugby for about 60 minutes.

“We know moving forward that it is about getting it spot on right from the word go.

“We have spoken about starting games well. We are good at ending games in most situations, but sometimes in the first 20 minutes or so, like against Worcester, we are killing ourselves off, and that is frustrating.”

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