COACH Andy Keast today outlined Worcester Warriors' battle plans for their tough opening National One rugby union clash of the season against arch-rivals Coventry at Coundon Road tomorrow.

"There is no love lost between us and we have got to make sure we go there first and foremost to achieve a win," he said.

Keast stressed that Worcester had done their homework on Coventry as part of their bid to get off to a winning start in what they hoped will be a promotion-clinching campaign.

He said: "We have got a certain objective to do that and if we get it right we will pick up bonus points, but the win is the essential aspect.

"We have looked at what we believe are their strengths and we have also looked at what we perceive as their weaknesses.

"We have got to go and try and insure we put our style on them and try and exploit those weaknesses. We know we have got to look after their strengths by hard defence and we are up for it."

Keast added that ambitious Wor-cester's aim, together with securing promotion, is to play attractive rugby.

"We believe in the full 15-man game and that's what we are trying to achieve. Along the way we would like to pick up as many bonus points as possible."

"John Brain, director of Rugby and myself work hard at team play. That's the essence of scoring the tries not just the backs. With any good team people say the forwards win matches, backs by how many.

"In a sense that's right, but what we want to do will ensure the backs compliment the forwards and the forwards compliment the backs."

Keast is convinced Worcester have the right ingredients to realise their promotion dream. "The game is getting more physical, its quicker. If you look at the International circle there are big centres nowadays.

"We have some big centres and some big wingers, so we are hoping they can complement the forwards in not only pace but power."

Brain is also expecting his side to face a challenging test tomorrow. "It should be a cracker. It will be an extremely tough one to start with."