IT is ten days since Ryan Lamb kept his nerve to kick Worcester Warriors into the Aviva Premiership on a thrilling evening at Sixways.

Many Warriors supporters are still watching that golden conversion – estimated to be worth about £20 million to the Sixways club over a four-year period.

The last-gasp conversion shattered Bristol’s Premiership aspirations in the cruellest manner, edging Warriors to a 59-58 aggregate triumph in the Championship play-off final.

The kick sparked joyous scenes on the pitch and in the stands, with the mercurial Lamb admitting he knew he wasn’t going to miss the target.

Lamb told Sky Sports: “I never thought for a second I was going to miss it.

“Mind you, the hardest thing about it was how easy it was.

“Out on the touchline there’s no pressure at all, but when you’re almost in front, you’re supposed to get those, aren’t you?

“You kick 150 of those every week in practice just for that one moment but, even so, once it went over, I was a headless chicken.

“Never mind the kick, it was the most extraordinary end to a game I can ever remember.”

The kick that propelled Worcester back to the top tier of English rugby took just 14 seconds.

“I just didn’t want to think about it any longer than I had to,” said Lamb.

“Chris Pennell stole five yards on the touchdown, which was smart thinking, and I went over and grabbed the ball from him.

“I don’t know why but I just needed to have it in my hands and get away from everyone, be on my own.

“Afterwards, they were all asking why I’d dragged it back to the 22 but I didn’t want to get charged down.

“Normally it’d be a 6-iron, even from that close. But I was thinking, ‘Take a 9-iron, just chip it over, one step, no, two steps, bang’, and it came off the boot really nice.

“From there on, I was in shock. Really, it was like a car crash. I couldn’t speak. I was lost for a couple of minutes.”

In the first leg of the Championship final at Ashton Gate, Lamb was superb with the ball in hand but had an off-night from the kicking tee.

“I’d taken so much stick from the lads,” he said.

“But that’s the way it goes. It was like I was kicking dead fish. But you have to laugh and get on with it and remember next week’s another week.

“Every kicker wants to be in that position with the game on the line and one shot to win it. That’s why you become a kicker in the first place.”

Warriors director of rugby Dean Ryan said he didn’t watch Lamb’s kick, which tied a dramatic second leg at 30-30.

“Once Chris went over for the try I was out of my seat and on my way down the stairs to the tunnel,” said Ryan.

“I didn’t see the kick and I didn’t need to because I knew he’d get it.

“Why? Because he was so awful last week.

“The thing about Ryan is that he has no baggage.

“He doesn’t hang onto anything. He’d never kick that badly two weeks in a row.”

Warriors chief executive Jim O’Toole believes Lamb’s conversion could be worth up to £20 million to the club.

Ryan said: “If the Premiership is going to expand to 14 at the end of next season, then I can now pitch the club to new players as a two or three-year proposition rather than a 12-month fling.

“Alternatively, we don’t even have to dive into the market at all. We can bide our time.

“That’s a huge bonus for us in the longer term.”