IT is vital Worcester Warriors’ “move on as quickly as possible” from their memorable victory against Saracens, according to director of rugby Gary Gold.

And the former Bath and London Irish chief believes Warriors must “knuckle-down” and realise they have “an even bigger threat” from Exeter Chiefs in the Aviva Premiership on Saturday (3pm).

Warriors recorded a deserved 24-18 victory against all-conquering Saracens last weekend after fly-half Ryan Mills slotted eight penalties.

Gold insists there is still “a lot of work to be done” for Warriors, who were thumped 57-22 when they met third-placed Chiefs at Sandy Park in November.

“The win has made life a little bit easier to come in this week after a good performance and we were on the right side of the scoreboard which was even better,” said Gold.

“There is still a lot of work to be done and quite a way to go in the season and we are quite heavily in the danger-zone.

“Now more than ever we need to knuckle-down and move on from that performance (against Saracens) as quickly as possible and realise we potentially have an even bigger threat coming this weekend.

“I have always been a big believer that you shouldn’t mourn losses for too long and shouldn’t celebrate the victories for too long either.”

Gold arrived at Sixways at the end of last month to take over Warriors’ first-team affairs from Carl Hogg, who remains as head coach.

But the former South Africa assistant coach, who has also worked in the Premiership with Newcastle Falcons, say he hasn’t “really changed too much” at Worcestrer.

“You don’t want to come in and change anything that isn’t broken but you want to add value to areas where you hope you can make a difference,” said Gold.

“You don’t want to come in and cause chaos to a group and yet you want to initiate enough change.

“It’s difficult to get the dynamics of 50-odd guys and the coaching staff and I think listening makes a big difference.

“We haven’t really changed too much.

“Hoggy (Carl Hogg) is still running the day to day coaching and I have come in  which has helped him to do. I see it more of me working with the coaches and we don’t want mixed messages.”

Gold believes Warriors have “some outstanding players” in the squad but the lack of strength is depth in “some positions” must be addressed “down the line”.

“The top clubs through the spine of their team have world-class players at 2,5,9,10 and 15,” said Gold.

“When I got here, we identified there were some outstanding players but the strength in depth in some positions was something that needs to be addressed down the line.

“That’s less of my problem at the moment and our short-term issue is to continue in the same manner with our performances.”

Gold added: “I know there has a been lot of adversity and a lot of injuries this season.

"We had late cry-offs from Val (Rapava Ruskin) and Granty (Ryan Grant) last Saturday morning and potentially our third or fourth choice loosehead in Ryan Bower stepped up to the plate and took his opportunity. That was a good step in the right direction.”