Tub lock Ewan Richards is rising “every thing” about his sport, stated assistant coach Andy Robinson after he skippered the facet to a cup win on Saturday.
The 22-year-old captained a younger Tub facet for his or her 12-try 78-19 Premiership Rugby Cup victory towards neighbours Bristol Bears on the Recreation Floor.
Richards, who got here by means of the Tub academy, has made one Premiership look this season from the replacements bench.
“Each time you carry out like that you just’re placing your self within the dialogue with all of the coaches,” Robinson, who’s taking cost of the facet for the cup, informed BBC Radio Bristol.
“What a sport that he had as captain. The way in which that he is rising as a participant – carrying laborious, being excellent within the line-out, every thing about his sport is rising – delighted for him.”
Tub have taken most factors from their first two group video games within the competitors, and lead Pool D as favourites to progress to the knock-out levels.
Richards has made 35 appearances for Tub throughout his profession however most from the bench in current seasons and he spent a part of final season on mortgage at Championship facet Cambridge.
Richards stated he’s to maintain “working laborious” to try to get into the Premiership matchday 23.
“We have some high quality gamers on the membership and my job is making an attempt to maintain working laborious and pushing them out of the group,” he stated.
“That is the place I wish to play. these alternatives are giving that to me and I am loving my rugby on the minute.”
