FLY-HALF Ryan Lamb believes the Warriors supporters can play a huge part in helping the club achieve promotion.

Worcester fans made up a large proportion of the 1,825 crowd at the Richmond Athletic Ground on Saturday as Dean Ryan’s side prevailed 27-22 against London Scottish in the first leg of their Championship play-off semi-final.

But there is the potential for around 10,000 to be inside Sixways for Friday’s second leg, just as there was for the visit of Bristol last month.

Lamb reckons his team-mates should thrive on that as they strive to reach the two-legged final against either Bristol or Rotherham, with the table toppers 32-20 up from the weekend.

Asked about the impact of the fans, the 28-year-old said: “They’ve been fantastic all year, the travelling support has been absolutely amazing and we’re very grateful for that.

“I’m sure it wasn’t a very good spectacle for them on Saturday but hopefully we can make it a bit of a better game on Friday and I’m sure they’ll be a big crowd there and we really look forward to playing in front of them again.

“Worcester is a great place to play, especially on a Friday night. It will be a great atmosphere and that’s what we’re looking forward to.

“These are the games you want to play in so we’re happy. The fans have been absolutely fantastic all year and hopefully they can see us through the next three games.”

Warriors let a 17-3 lead slip in west London to trail 22-17 but forced a last-gasp penalty try, which Lamb converted, following sustained pressure on the Scottish line.

Lamb said: “We have to go in confident with a five-point lead at home.

“We’ve got to stick to our game-plan because we know London Scottish pose a big threat.

“They’re a good side and we have to respect that but I think we can implement our game a lot more than we did on Saturday.

“It was a frustrating game but all credit to Scottish, they had a game plan but we got over the line in the end. We know that it’s technically half-time so we’re looking forward to getting back on Friday and kicking on.”

Charlie Mulchrone suffered an ankle injury after just 15 minutes of the first leg and director of rugby Dean Ryan admitted he didn’t know if the scrum-half would be fit for Friday night.

Jonny Arr replaced Mulchrone and Lamb also stepped into the number nine role when Arr was sin binned.

Ryan said: “Charlie twisted an ankle in the first ruck; that doesn’t help us.

“But we know we’ve got Jonny and we’ve worked all year to have people to come in and do a job so that’s not an issue.”