WORCESTER Warriors second row Darren Barry says the Aviva Premiership has been a big learning curve from him - but he’s enjoying every minute.

Barry loved in his Twickenham experience, despite Warriors crashing 48-18 against Saracens, and is now focused on third-placed Leicester Tigers’ visit to Sixways tomorrow (3pm).

“I think the style of rugby which the Premiership offers is the biggest learning curve I’ve had so far and how players adapt to different situations during a game,” he said.

“The different styles of rugby which the Premiership teams play is also noticeable.

“It’s one thing watching a game on TV but it’s another thing analysing a team and individuals and seeing how they play.

“You make a mistake in the Premiership and you concede five points and when you make a mistake in the Championship you might get away with it.”

Barry, a former Cornish Pirate, added: “Playing at Twickenham is every English player’s dream.

“I have played there twice before but it wasn’t a Premiership occasion like last week and it wasn’t in front of 42,000 people.

“It was a special occasion and it would have been nice to have topped it off with a better result but unfortunately, on the day, we didn’t perform and we came up against a Saracens side who executed their game-plan very well.”

Warriors were penalised at the line-out for several technical offences and Phil Dowson was yellow carded in the second-half as Sarries took control.

“I think we knew they were going to try to drive us and maybe we were a bit too eager to try to disrupt their maul and unfortunately Phil Dowson took the brunt of a couple of team offences,” explained Barry.

“We didn’t want to give them any advantage by setting up the maul like we had done earlier in the game and it was unfortunate someone had to leave the pitch for a team offence.”

Barry, who arrived at Warriors in the summer, said Nick Schonert’s facial injury during the match, which needed 40 stitches, was an unsettling moment.

“Unfortunately, Nick took a bad cut which might have affected his good looks but thankfully there was a top-notch surgeon at the ground who was able to stitch him up properly and saved him a few weeks and probably a big scar,” he said.

“Thankfully, he’s going to be OK. He will be fine and the stitches will be out soon enough.”

Bristol-born Barry is sharing digs with another former Cornish Pirate, Sam Betty, and is enjoying the city life.

He said: “It is nice being in Worcester and being able to socialise with players after training and after games.

“It’s good because it brings us all together. If we all went home and never spoke to each other training and Saturdays it would be a completely different place and environment at Sixways.”