THE much-improved Worcester Warriors press-defence implemented by head coach Richard Hill still needs some fine-tuning, according to the Sixways chief.

Having taken over from Mike Ruddock at the start of this season, one of Hill’s first changes was to completely rebuild Worcester’s defensive structures.

While it took a little time for the players to adapt to the new system, the rewards have been obvious in recent weeks with Warriors looking a lot meaner defensively.

However, perfectionist Hill insists there is still work to be done to hone Worcester’s rearguard in the last few weeks of the regular season before the play-offs get under way.

He explained: “There’s a bit of scrum defence which we have to sort out, but that’s set-piece so it’s a bit different. That’s one aspect, the other is getting everyone to do the same thing.

“There's a bit of confusion where some are pressing and others aren’t — that hasn’t happened too often but, with people being pumped up getting towards the play-offs, it has occurred a couple of times recently.

“People are getting a bit keen and sometimes jumping out of the line when they shouldn’t be, so we did a session on that on Wednesday. It’s just trying to calm things down and get back to our principals — we had it all laid out really well before, so we need to revise that.

“There’s been a lot of emphasis on attack recently, so we just need to go back to defence now and really nail it down. I don’t think there will be a problem.

“We know we can score tries in games, but we have got to stop conceding three or sometimes four. That is our top priority.”

Hill continued: “I think our rivals will have some cause for optimism against us — Sky TV did there best to pin-point where to attack us! They said if you attack Worcester from first phase, you can get some mileage.

“All these teams will be working furiously on their set-piece moves from the scrum and line-out. That will be good for us, though, as they will take emphasis off other areas.”