Head coach Steve Borthwick insists there’s “loads of progress” left in his Leicester Tigers workforce regardless of their runaway lead within the Premiership desk.
Tigers have received 14 of their 16 video games, already three greater than final season.
“We have a younger workforce right here, the typical age is 25, or simply underneath 25,” Borthwick advised BBC Radio Leicester.
“There’s numerous progress on this workforce, we have simply bought to ensure we maintain specializing in what we have to maintain an upward trajectory, we have got heaps to study and plenty to be higher at.”
Competitors for locations is intense at Mattioli Woods Welford Highway, regardless of the absence of 5 gamers in Eddie Jones’ England Six Nations squad.
“Each day is a variety day. Does not matter what time of the season it’s,” mentioned Borthwick.
“Gamers want to come back in and attempt to get higher, work collectively collaboratively however compete for locations.”
Leicester’s subsequent problem is a house recreation with Gloucester on Saturday, to be adopted every week later by a showdown with Saracens in north London.
And in Ben Youngs’ absence on worldwide obligation, Borthwick should once more resolve between Richard Wigglesworth and Jack van Poortvliet at scrum-half.
Wigglesworth, who at 38 is among the previous stagers within the squad, has began Leicester’s final 4 Premiership video games.
“We wish to make sure that of the very best 80 minutes, no matter who begins and who finishes,” Borthwick mentioned.
“Wiggy did an actual good job beginning the sport on the weekend, I made the change at 45 [minutes] , and I believe JVP was sensible within the second half – and we have got a few good younger scrum-halves as properly behind them.”