Leicester Tigers hooker Tom Youngs said his younger brother Ben is doing a cracking job of motivating the squad after stepping up into the role of captain.
Ben made it four wins out of four as skipper as he led Tigers to a big 24-20 win at Exeter last weekend.
The 25-year-old is expected to lead the side out once again against Bath at the Rec on Saturday as both sides look to extend their unbeaten starts to the season.
Tom thinks Ben has shown a lot of maturity since being handed the role by director of rugby Richard Cockerill in pre-season.
"Ben is doing fantastically well," said Tom. "He has always been a good talker and he has a good rugby brain.
"He understands what he is doing and, being a scrum-half, he sees a lot of the game.
"What he does well is not to try to take control of everything, he lets other people look after their bits. He links it all together.
"We have good leaders everywhere who take charge of their little things. As a captain, you don't have to take charge of everything if there are guys around you to take the pressure off.
"Ben is a good motivator and a good talker. He talks a lot of sense before the games and is doing very well."
Tom made his first start of the season at Exeter after overcoming a tight hamstring in pre-season.
A summer off rugby, as well as the signing of Italy international Leonardo Ghiraldini, has left Youngs in a good place and looking forward to developing his partnership with a man he has gone head to head with on numerous occasions.
"With Leo coming in, it gives Cockers a chance to rotate us and keep us fresh," he said.
"You don't see many people doing 80 minutes anymore and it's good to have guys on the bench who are just as good and can come on and charge around for 20 or 30 minutes. "Cockers has used the bench well this season and if we can keep it ticking over, we will do well.
"Leo has more than 50 caps for Italy and that speaks for itself. I have been impressed with him and he has settled in well.
"I have played against him several times and he's a good player.
"There is a bit of competition between us but we are really just trying to help each other.
"Our rivalry with Bath has been tucked away a little but, when I was a kid, it was a huge rivalry. They are a good side but last week proved that we can perform away from home."