Wowzers! Nine tries in two weeks and 10 league points to boot. We are climbing the Premiership table and confidence is high.

Funny thing, sport. We have not changed too much over the season, as we maintained belief in what we were doing, so the overall game plan has remained a constant.

However, the performance against London Irish was poles apart from matches we had played earlier in the season and trying to put a finger on why is a complete mystery to me.

Maybe that's why I do not want to be a coach and do not envy Steve Meehan. Having to look after 40 different temperaments and trying to get them to perform at the highest level every Saturday is not always an easy task.

But without question we have gelled better than ever in the last three weeks and the return of Butch James has definitely given the boys an added lift.

So much so, in fact, that even Barnesy has taken to trying tricks in training. Unfortunately his kicking is phenomenally bad and I had to take the brunt of this new-found belief by taking a ball full in the face, virtually knocking me out in the process.

Not only do I regret being in the way of Barnesy's kicking (although I was stood virtually at right angles to him!), I also regret agreeing to give an Oscar-style 'sorry I can't be there' speech for the testimonial dinner he had at The Pavilion on Saturday night.

It was a head and shoulders video shot where I explained why I couldn't be bothered… I mean, why I couldn't be there, then the cheeky blighter panned backwards to show the whole of me.

Unfortunately it was 20 minutes after a game when I'd just stepped out of the shower. Luckily I had my boxers on. Thanks David!

He's been so annoying recently too, what with all the shirts, balls and pictures he's been getting us all to sign for his auctions.

We've started to take his own training kit out of his bag and getting the lads to sign them. He's been running around training for weeks with fully signed rugby jerseys and gym shirts!

I'll get him back for the ball in the face, though. His socks are next to be signed, then his boxer shorts and then, possibly, his bald spot.