Worcester Warriors self-focussed ahead of Ealing clash

Ahead of their match with Ealing Trailfinders, Worcester Warriors head coach Matt Everard revealed his side have primarily focussed on themselves rather than the reigning champions, after a drop in performance against Richmond, Bedford Blues and Chinnor.

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Warriors lost back-to-back matches for the first time since their return after a 35-19 defeat against Bedford was followed last week by a 26-27 loss at home to Chinnor.

The side did win their match with Richmond three weeks ago, however Everard still felt the side's performance dropped from where it was before.

Looking back on their most recent defeat against Chinnor, he admitted: "Every game is a tough game in this league, really good teams, really well coached, really good players – there is no one we take for granted whatsoever.

"They clearly were a tight group, you can see there has been a real consistency in the recruitment and retainment of their squad. If you look at the team that was promoted from National One a few seasons ago and then their team that played us on Saturday, there is very, very little change.

"That cohesive bit that we speak about, they’ve clearly got that and absolute credit to them, they were deserved winners on the day."

Having previously revealed that Warriors primarily focus on themselves in training rather than their upcoming opponents, Everard stated that the recent results saw this remain the case, despite a trip to the undefeated league-leaders awaiting them on Saturday (January 3).

"We have spent a lot of this week focussing on us," he told Worcester News.

"We have not performed the last three weeks, I don’t believe, to where we were before.

"We had performed really, really well and got a really good groove, really, really hard to beat.

"The last three weeks – the Richmond game included in that – I think we’ve dropped in our performance.

"Progression is not a straight line and that is not just this season, that is the long term plan we are in at the moment with the club coming back."

The coach added that despite the recent dip in performance, the club will battle to bounce back by working hard with the 'good people' on the books at Sixways.

He said: "We are in a little bit of a dip at the moment – how do you get out of those dips?

"You have the right people in the building, good people – which we do.

"You work incredibly hard, which the lads and the coaches are doing. Focus on ourselves in terms of improving."