PROP Ryan Bower insists Worcester Warriors will "come out fighting" for their final five games of the season as they aim to strike fear into the opposition.

After victories over defending champions Exeter Chiefs and Gloucester, Warriors looked set to cement their place in the Aviva Premiership for another season.

But they then slumped to disappointing defeats to relegation rivals London Irish at the Madejski Stadium and Leicester Tigers at Sixways.

The back-to-back losses have left Warriors with still work to do to retain their top-flight status having had the gap between themselves and Irish cut to 12 points.

Worcester's players were allowed a week's break after the loss to Tigers earlier this month before beginning their two-week training block leading into their game at Sale Sharks on Saturday (3pm).

Bower said he and his teammates felt "refreshed" and were now focused on beating Sale at the AJ Bell Stadium.

"To get eight points out of those last four games wasn't too bad," said the 27-year-old loosehead.

"But we would have liked to have pushed on and either beaten London Irish or had a better showing of ourselves so that was disappointing.

"It was one of those days where we weren't really on it but we have hopefully address that in these last two weeks and will come out fighting in these next five games.

"We want to really prove to teams that we are here, we are to be feared and we can put a string of games together where we get the respect we deserve."

After tackling Sale, Warriors host Newcastle Falcons on Saturday, April 7, visit Wasps on Saturday, April 14 and entertain Harlequins at Sixways on Saturday, April 28. They will then wrap up the season with a trip to Northampton Saints on Saturday, May 5.

"I think you have got to believe you can win every game," said Bower whose side are four points behind 10th-placed Saints.

"We don't want to win one game out of the next four as we want to go into every match with a winning mentality."

But Bower stressed Worcester must reduce the amount of mistakes they make if they are to come out on top against Sale.

According to director of rugby Alan Solomons, Warriors made nine handling errors and lost the ball six times in contact against Leicester.

"Mistakes come in rugby but unfortunately in the games against Leicester and London Irish we made a few too many," Bower said.

"We need to make sure that everybody is switched on and hopefully we will cut our error count down to keep the game flowing.

"Errors can be down to a number of things. It could be the defence putting pressure on you or they dislodge the ball by tackling you.

"But we need to look after the ball a bit better.

"We have been working on that this week to make sure they can't get their hands on the ball and disrupt it