HAVING kept his cool as a professional rugby player for the best part of a decade, Matt Mullan is not a man who is often overcome with excitement.

But the former Worcester Warriors prop admits he is looking forward to Wasps’ new era in Coventry.

After 12 years of playing at Adams Park, Wasps waved goodbye to the High Wycombe ground with victory over Castres and now call the Ricoh Arena home.

With a Premiership home ground record attendance of 28,254 achieved for their Coventry opener against London Irish shortly before Christmas, Mullan says the whole squad are now pumped up for the rest of the season.

Another Warriors player, Andy Goode, a Coventry boy, led the way on the return to his home city with a Premiership record haul of 33 points and Wasps recorded a 48-16 triumph.

Mullan said: “The positives were all spoken about when the move was announced but as a player you forget about it because we had games in between.

“There are not many other clubs that I know that would have done the same as us providing buses for supporters so as a gesture for Wasps to be looking after the fans, it’s brilliant.

“The initiative speaks volumes about the reason behind it – it’s not just purely financial, it’s for the best for the whole club and if we can look after the supporters then it should be done.”

Mullan, who can play at hooker in addition to his normal role as loosehead prop, joined Wasps from Worcester Warriors in 2013.

Although he made his England debut while at Sixways, the front rower has gone on to earn eight more caps for the Red Rose since the transfer – including appearing in all four of the recent autumn internationals in November.

The 27-year-old believes that with some impressive displays at domestic level, he can force himself into the reckoning for a starting berth when by the time the Six Nations rolls around in February.

“It was nice to be involved with England for all four games and to finish the autumn with a positive win against a good Australian team,” added Mullan.

“They really pushed us right to the wire but it was a great way to finish the campaign and hopefully we can start the Six Nations with the same momentum.

“Any player in any squad, if you’re not starting you just have to push your case forward when you can and I think across the four games I played well off the bench.

“Now all that I have got to do is focus my attention on Wasps, playing well and putting my hand up for selection.”