DIRECTOR of rugby Dean Ryan insists Worcester Warriors will be in no mood for sand castles when they travel to face Jersey in the Greene King IPA Championship on Saturday (3pm).

Warriors were given a stern test when they faced the Channel Islanders at Sixways in November and could include fit-again fly-halves Ryan Lamb and Ryan Mills in the squad.

Lamb, who has overcome an ankle problem, last played for Warriors in a 25-5 home win against Doncaster Knights at the end of January.

Mills picked up a leg injury in training and missed Worcester’s league outing against Plymouth Albion.

But winger Cooper Vuna has not fully recovered from an ankle injury and won’t be risked for the trip.

Ryan said: “In the next three or four weeks, there will be minor turnover and we won’t see wholesale changes.

“We hope to see Lamb and Mills around the group this weekend as well as Sam Lewis.

“There are still some things we want to see so some selections will be because we want to see them but we now know roughly who the group is going to be for the play-offs.

“Lamb is back in training and we will make a decision on whether to include him in the 22 — but both Lamb and Mills are back training.”

Lamb’s last-gasp penalty gave Warriors a narrow 32- 29 home win against Jersey in the first meeting between the sides after the visitors had fought back from a 17-0 deficit.

Ryan recalled: “Jersey frustrated us and we were pretty dominant and then we had the debacle around them stepping away from line-out — but that’s the nature of the challenge we have to solve.

“I think we have got better at working out different strategies, although we have still got a powerful drive and we will make sure it’s in the game. “We are probably better equipped at understanding what people are trying to do against the drive.

“Jersey are well coached and I can only see them getting stronger.

“It’s a tough place to go and a heavy pitch.

“It’s not a place I have been to before but we have been pretty good at taking on new challenges and getting them right.”

He continued: “There’s a tendency to look at Jersey as a great stopover but we have got bigger things we want to do and we want to get on with our preparation for the end of the season.

“We have to get in there, do a job and make sure we are respectful.”