ANDY Keast believes Worcester have surprised a few people with their Premiership impact.
The Sixways club lie tenth in the table, two places above the drop zone, following their 22-15 victory over Leeds Tykes a week ago.
And, following win number five, Keast is sure that people are now taking last year's National One champions seriously.
"People politely say to us that we've done very well," said the head coach.
"We said at the start of the season that we wanted to gain respect and we wanted to compete.
"We're still doing that but we certainly haven't finished. It's all about consistency for us now and we must look at the Leeds game and reproduce that kind of performance."
Worcester went into the Leeds clash on the back of a disappointing 28-16 defeat at Gloucester but looked a very different outfit against the Tykes as they dominated from start to finish.
"If you look back six days prior to the Leeds game, against Gloucester, we didn't come out of the traps in the first-half," added Keast.
"Out of 15 starters, there were a fair few who had bad days. Six days later and that didn't happen at Sixways.
"There were a few mistakes made here and there but, as a general rule, we had good performances throughout the team. We got most things right against Leeds. In fact, everything we didn't do against Gloucester.
"The game is not rocket science. It's about being in the right parts of the field and making sure the basics are correct."
Worcester now have another free weekend because of the Six Nations and Keast admits that the constant punctuation of the season is not helping their survival bid.
The Warriors have lost every time they've come back into Premiership action either after a free weekend or a European match. And, following the Leeds win, Keast would have preferred to keep the momentum going.
"We've got this break but we'd much rather be playing," he said.
"It's the same for everyone, though, and it does give us more time to prepare for Harlequins next Saturday."
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