The two-time winners of the European Cup are currently propping up the Gallagher Premiership after just one win from four matches.

“I think it’s good for us,” he told the Tigers’ website. “This is a new competition and something that we can really get into. The Premiership is relentless and a great competition, but playing in Europe gives us a bit of a new lease of life.

“Hopefully we can get a couple of good results and build momentum going back into the Premiership, and build off that. That’s the way that we’re going to look at Europe.

“I don’t think we’re in a position at the moment where we can say ‘we want to [focus on] this, we want to do that’. We just want to win games. That’s the main thing at the moment and so that’s what we’re looking at.”

Leicester kick off their Pool 5 debut with a home game against French side Pau, who last visited Welford Road in the Tigers’ European Cup-winning season of 2000/01, and Green is expecting a tough tussle up front.

“They’re obviously a big French pack and they’re going to come at us direct,” said the 29-year-old forward, who joined the Tigers in the summer from Newcastle Falcons.

“Pau have got a good scrum and a good maul – which are the things we’re good at as well – so it’s going to be a good challenge and we’ve got to enjoy ourselves.

“There’s no point in training well if you’re not going to go out and perform on the pitch. We’re doing the right things off the field; we’ve just got to start doing it on the pitch.”

Leicester Tigers lock Calum Green reckons the English club’s debut in the European Rugby Challenge Cup this weekend couldn’t have come at a better time.