'Let's go and get it', Vesty tells Saints ahead of cup semi-final

And the head coach's message is clear: "Let's go and get it!"

Saints have booked their place in the final four after securing four successive bonus-point wins to conclude the pool stages.

They finished second in Pool B, behind Leicester Tigers, who will host Bath in the other semi-final later on Sunday.

The final will take place at the home of the highest ranked side from the pool stages on Sunday, March 15.

And ahead of Saints' trip to Pool A winners Exeter, Vesty said: "It's exciting.

"We've got to get the balance right between giving people game time and rewarding the players who have got us to this point to go after winning a semi-final.

"We're mad keen, obviously.

"You're never in enough semi-finals, you're never in enough finals, you've never won enough things when you finish your career.

"Opportunity comes - let's go and get it!"

While Saints came back from 12 points down late on to defeat Saracens at cinch Stadium at Franklin's Gardens last Saturday, Exeter had the weekend off.

And when asked what he is expecting from the Chiefs at Sandy Park on Sunday, Vesty said: "Exeter are playing really well.

"They're a very good unit who know exactly what they're doing so they're very hard to break down.

"They know what they're doing in attack, they know how they're going to keep the ball and tire you out.

"They've also got a very good aerial game that they're going to try to win.

"We want to try to get as much of our game on them as we possibly can.

"It's going to be a good contest, a hard-fought game and we'll see who comes out on top."

Saints have really improved their away form this season, having had plenty of tough times on the road during the previous campaign.

And Vesty said: “It was something we wanted to address and we front-footed it, said 'this is how we want to do it and this is something we're going to go after'.

“The boys have really bought into what that looks like and done it fantastically.”

Last weekend's comeback should give Saints real belief as they showed great powers of recovery to pull a win from the fire against Saracens.

“We're good at scoring quickly, we know we can do it,” Vesty said.

“The belief to do that is fantastic and you can never shy away from that.

“The more of those you manage to get across the line - it's powerful and it builds confidence and a belief that we are good at that.”