Saints players 'absolutely love coming into work every day'

And that excitement will be amplified this week as the black, green and gold prepare to travel to Sandy Park for a PREM Rugby Cup semi-final against Exeter Chiefs on Sunday.

Saints have secured four successive bonus-point wins in the cup, giving them some real momentum.

And prop Green said: "I'm loving it to be honest.

"It's been a good block of games, momentum is rolling on and we're looking forward to Exeter away.

"We've got a great squad. Some guys who didn't play as much at the start of the year have played more in the PRC but as a squad, we just absolutely love coming into work every day and playing at the weekend."

Saints roared back from 12 points down to beat Saracens 35-33 last Saturday.

But rather than taking confidence from those dramatic moments late on, Green says he and his team-mates draw belief from what they do every day in training.

"We don't really take confidence from shining moments at the end of games," he explained. "We take confidence from how we train, the culture, the environment, how we prepare. That's what we get our confidence from.

"We have a process, we have a system that works, we train that as hard as we can and that's where our belief comes from so we can take that into the weekend."

Saints have shown they can win at tough venues in recent times, and they know the size of the challenge that awaits them this weekend.

But Green says the black, green and gold are up for the fight.

"We've learned from hostile environments," he said.

"You look at Bordeaux away earlier in the season, but as a playing group, we relish those opportunities and we're looking forward to it.

"We like going into hostile environments because we like silencing the crowd and we like doing our thing."

Green has made 10 appearances for Saints so far this season.

And the 24-year-old said: "It's been good. I think I'm playing well at the moment.

"I had a bit of a back injury so that kept me out for six or seven weeks but I'm loving it now.

"You have to accept that injuries and being on the sidelines is part of the game.

"You do everything you can to minimise how often that happens but you know it is going to happen so when it does, you have to take the opportunity to mentally refresh, get your body right and just roll with it."