James Brown kept Worcester feeling good as his 17-point haul boosted the Warriors' Zurich Premiership survival bid.

The Sixways fly-half kicked two sumptuous drop-goals, three penalties and a conversion to pull Worcester five points clear of Harlequins at the bottom of the Premiership table.

Worcester were much the better side from the off and Leeds' only scores came from the Warriors' mistakes as Andre Snyman and Tim Stimpson took advantage of two charge downs to score their two second-half tries.

Worcester dominated the first half with their scrum causing Leeds all sorts of problems.

They won their first penalty of the game after just 20 seconds and that set the tone as the Sixways side put the Tykes on the back foot.

And it did not take long before they were in front as, after another penalty, Worcester went for touch, found former Leeds lock Phil Murphy at the back of the line-out before veteran prop Tony Windo was driven over. Brown added the conversion and the Warriors were off to a flyer.

The visitors were given some respite when Stimpson kicked a ninth-minute penalty but, in truth, it was all one-way traffic.

With fly-half Brown setting the tempo, Dale Rasmussen and Thinus Delport all went close before Brown popped up with a moment of magic.

After a period of pressure, Brown withdrew and slotted a majestic drop-goal to put even more daylight between the sides.

It just got worse for Leeds as Stimpson missed a sitter of a penalty only to see Brown again show him how it was done as he kicked another drop-goal just after the hour.

The Tykes then shot themselves in the foot as Richard Parks was sin-binned with six minutes left in the first period.

That was enough time for Brown to add another penalty to edge Worcester towards victory.

Leeds hit back within seconds of the restart as Matt Powell's clearance was charged down by Alan Dickens and Snyman trotted in for an easy try to give the visitors a boost.

Stimpson's conversion sailed wide and Worcester immediately regained the initiative.

For 10 minutes of the second period, Worcester were camped on the Leeds line as they pushed the Tykes back before they conceded a string of penalties.

The Warriors came out of that period with nothing to show for and, soon after, they were made to pay.

A poor kick down field by Stimpson saw Delport dally and his lack of speed saw the Leeds wing recover, charge down the former Springbok and dive over for a stunning try.

It silenced Sixways and his conversion put Leeds to within a point.

Brown again put Worcester clear with a penalty on 68 minutes and their pressure eventually saw them keep enough possession to see the game out.

After Mark Regan was sin-binned with six minutes left, Brown popped over another penalty to seal a deserved victory.