Jon Fisher is eager to make up for lost time after making his comeback against Bath last Saturday ? five months after breaking an arm against the same opposition.
London Irish?s back-row forward is determined to provide new impetus to a squad that has just seven Aviva Premiership matches left this season to avoid relegation.
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He said: ?I am a hell of a lot fresher than some of the tired legs.
?So if I can contribute in terms of intensity in training or wherever I can do the best for the team, then I will.?
Fisher, who rejoined Irish from Bedford last summer, spoke of his frustration at being injured just four games into the new campaign when Bath were beaten 29-22 at Madejski Stadium last September.
He said: ?When you get injured it is unfortunately just part of the game.
?You just hope it is not going to be as severe as that. It took time to heal, but it?s all done now.?
His return to action last Saturday was overshadowed by a yellow card just?20 minutes after coming on as a replacement.
And Exiles subsequently conceded two tries as they slumped to an ignominious 40-16 defeat the Rec.
He said: ?It was for not rolling away. It was perhaps more a technical error on my behalf as opposed to trying to cheat as some back rows might try to do.
?As a team we are going to have to be more squeaky clean in those areas and make sure we let our rugby do the talking.
?I am just gald that I was on the pitch for a substantial amount of time to contribute and get some things done that I?d worked hard on while I was injured.
Fisher now has his sights set firmly on avenging Irish?s 43-14 defeat by London Wasps at Adams Park last September.
But he is under no illusion about the size of the task facing Irish tomorrow?against a team currently occupying one of the four play-off places.
He laughed: ?I am a bit sad. My housemate Tommy Homer gives me a lot of stick because I tend to watch a bit too much rugby.
?I have seen a lot of them and they have some good players, particularly in my position, who are playing well at the moment.
They have threats all over the park, scrum-half, back rows, good organisers. They are going strong and it is no surprise considering the players they have got.
?It is a huge test this weekend.?
London Welsh, another of his former clubs, are battling it out with Irish and Sale Sharks to avoid finishing bottom of the Premiership, but Fisher has no lingering allegiances when it comes to who goes down.
He said: ?To be perfectly honest you have to be selfish in this situation. I am not entirely fussed who it is as long as it is not us.
?I would stress, though, that if we perform over the next few games how we have been doing (since the turn of the year) it should not even be something that should be on our minds.
?This team plays its best when it is concentrating on the job in hand.
?We are certainly not going to be concerned with that pressure.
?If we go into this weekend with the same intensity and play as well as we did when we won at home to Saracens and Northampton then we should be in a good position to beat Wasps.?
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