DEAN Ryan admits he has a selection headache ahead of him after witnessing his side rack up ten tries during a comprehensive 69-8 mauling of Cornish Pirates.

After a quiet opening quarter, Warriors found themselves firing on all cylinders for the subsequent 60 minutes and sent out a huge statement a fortnight before the Greene King IPA Championship play-offs get underway.

Ryan said: “I think I’ve got a difficult week. We’ve been trying different things but now I’ve got to name a side. That’s not necessarily a play-off side but a side we think will do the job against Bristol.

“We’ve got five weeks of the season remaining if we keep winning so let’s see if we can get a win and finish top of the pile and then deal with the play-offs after that.

“It’s been weird to play Bristol first and meet them again on the final day. It has not necessarily been the best structure for any of us but whoever wins that game wins the league.

“We want to finish top of the pile and we want to go into the play-offs feeling good. It’s going to be tough but we’ve set ourselves up all year to be ready for it.

“We then go into a separate competition of the Championship and that’s about winning the play-offs.”

Ryan made seven changes to his starting line-up for the trip to Cornish Pirates and was rewarded with an array of stand-out performances.

Charlie Mulchrone enjoyed his best game in a Warriors shirt and capped a fine performance with a hat-trick.

And, according to Ryan, the scrum-half can be too hot to handle for even the best Championship defences.

He continued: “Charlie is impossible to handle. I wouldn’t want to be facing him because he turns you inside out and he doesn’t go down when you hit him.

“He’s a dangerous player and it’s a great combination between him and Jonny Arr. To be able to coach them and to be able to do so many different things with them is brilliant.”

With Cornish Pirates having condemned Bristol to their only defeat of the season earlier this year, Saturday’s clash at Mennaye Field was a potential banana skin for Ryan’s men.

But after watching his side rack up a try bonus-point by the halfway stage, Ryan says he was pleased with Warriors’ efforts in Cornwall.

He added: “We challenged ourselves. I didn’t want to see a lull off the back of 50 minutes because of changes so we challenged ourselves to keep going.

“Sometimes it’s difficult when the scoreboard is ticking over and the game is effectively won but now we’re getting to the sharp end people are starting to understand that they just need to keep doing their jobs.

“We want to prove every week that we’re getting better and we can deal with different challenges.

“The boys were really animated about playing. I thought we strung some smart stuff together. We stayed together and it was a comprehensive win in the end.”