Lyn Jones, the Ospreys' Head Coach, has warned their rivals that there is still plenty to come from his star-studded squad as they target a cup double.
A 30-3 victory over Saracens on Saturday sent the Ospreys into the EDF Cup final, and they still have a Heineken Cup quarter-final to come against the same opponents.
"Is there more to come? Of course there is," Jones told The Western Mail.
"These guys are still young, so there's a lot of growing yet.
"The attitude from the players this week has been exemplary.
"This season we have qualified for an EDF final, we have qualified for a European quarter-final for the first time, which is a huge psychological blow for us.
"The boys have obviously had huge success in the Six Nations tournament, so it's just growing all the time.
"They wanted to come back and put the Ospreys jersey on and achieve something.
"The same goes for the boys in our squad that have been kicking their heels for the last eight weeks while the Six Nations has been going on."
Saturday's win over Saracens shows, according to Jones, just how far the Ospreys have come as a region. Not only that but they have struck a huge psychological blow against Saracens, not only racking up thirty points against them but keeping them from scoring a try.
"We came here (Millennium Stadium) 12 months ago to play against the Blues in the semi-final and we were quite nervous about what was in front of us," said Jones.
"We hadn't experienced it before but this time we were a little bit more experienced.
"We knew what was in front of us and came and dealt with it efficiently.
"To achieve things you have to go through experiences and this group of players have.
"We played at Twickenham 12 months ago against Leicester in the EDF final and we lost by the narrowest of margins.
"The boys have grown from that."
Jones, reflecting on the nature of Saturday's victory, was pleased with what he had seen from his charges.
"We are very satisfied, we just stepped it up a gear and proved a little bit too much for them," he said.
"It was a one-off and our game up in Watford is going to be a one-off as well.
"Home advantage will have a very big part to play in two weeks time.
"We wanted to gel the boys back in as quick as we could from the time out with the Six Nations.
"It was a success for us as far as that was concerned and we just need to push on now with the next step.
"Our supporters really got behind us and spurred us on. I'm sure they'll be looking forward to the trip to Twickenham and we are pleased to be playing against Leicester again."
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