PLAYERS who struggled to break into Worcester Warriors’ first-team squad last season might be “seen in a different light” this term.

Samoan backrow Alafoti Fa'osiliva joined Warriors after being dismissed by Bath in May after admitting causing actual bodily harm in an off-the-field incident.

And chief executive Jim O’Toole hasn’t ruled out further arrivals at Sixways before Warriors start their Aviva Premiership campaign against Saracens at Twickenham on September 3.

But O’Toole believes fringe players under former director of rugby Dean Ryan’s leadership will be given a clean slate with head coach Carl Hogg at the helm.

Wing Andy Short, fly-half Ryan Lamb, prop Ryan Bower, centre Max Stelling and utility back Ben Howard will be among those desperate to stake their claims.

Warriors’ players are being put through their paces in a high-altitude intensive training camp at Tignes in France.

 Asked whether Warriors might add to their squad, O’Toole said: “We can never say never. Opportunities arise.

“Nick (Johnston) and Carl (Hogg) will have a chance to look at the squad in Tignes and see exactly where they stand.

“You may see some guys who were slightly towards the periphery of things last year stepping up and suddenly being seen in a different light or behaving in a different light.

“Those players may give us a positive problem with them having to be moved up in the pecking order or, equally, the coaches could think they have a gap here or there and want to do something about that.”

Warriors’ high performance director Nick Johnston says the coaches are “determined and committed to the playing group”.

“We have got five games in August and everyone will get an opportunity to play and show what they’ve got,” said Johnston.

“We don’t envisage anyone coming in at the moment because we want to keep everything consistent and stable and we have got a reasonable group that are doing a good job.

“They are certainly working hard enough.

“My experience in life tells me that if you work hard enough you get your rewards.

“We have a good group of people as well and that’s important.

“We are happy with the characters and personalities we have and the qualities within those people. They are key ingredients towards success.”