Ben Youngs has epitomised the spirit at the club during what has been a difficult month.
Being new to the game of captaincy, Ben has faced some very tough situations to deal with at the start of this season. And like many of us, he has faced some criticism.
But, in a side that has been compromised and not on its best form, he has continued to lead vocally, doing everything he can to get things right.
Some of those things have not come off as well as he would have liked at times, but you saw with his dummy that led to Blaine Scully's try against Harlequins last week, that little bit of class always shows in the end.
Ben's attitude has been great. When times are hard and things are not going as well as you would like, and this is a big year for him with the World Cup on the horizon, it's easy to look around and start spreading the blame. Ben, however, has been at the forefront of driving standards and trying to sort things out to make things better.
His maturity in dealing with those issues has been really important and has not gone unnoticed among the playing group and coaching staff.
You will not find Ben Youngs shirking any responsibility whatsoever.
Another player whose work and attitude may have crept under the radar in the last month is Owen Williams.
Make no mistake about it, Owen is a fly-half who wants to play at fly-half. So for him to run out at inside-centre and learn a trade that is completely alien to him, without moaning at all, has been admirable.
We asked him to do the job through sheer necessity at Bath and Owen has remained there ever since because of injuries to Ant Allen and Seremaia Bai.
He has been learning all the time and there is plenty to learn when you move from the 10 to 12 shirt, but he has got really stuck in.
Owen is well over 15 stones and has put himself about, making plenty of tackles.
But his future remains at fly-half. He will be relieved to read that!
Ben and Owen are indicative of the attitude and spirit we have in the camp ahead of tomorrow's European opener against Ulster. Following on from last Friday's win over Harlequins, what amounted to virtually an under-20s side went to Sale in the 'A' League on Monday night and won 13-0 with new signing Tommy Bell scoring all of our points.
If he can guarantee me a try, points with the boot and a win, he can play every week!
That performance gave us two wins in 72 hours and that has given everyone a lift.
Everyone has stuck together during some tough weeks. From top to bottom, they have ridden a rocky time and, hopefully, we have turned the corner and will be better for it.
There is still plenty to work on and we have some big games coming up .
