Phil Gustard recruits pair of wolves to enliven Saracens team talk They were on a leash but I think if that thing had wanted to eat me, it would have eaten me. After each match Gustard, who will be part of England's coaching team for the tour of Argentina this summer, rates players for both the number and physicality of tackles made, with three players nominated for the highly-sought after "wolf rating" billing. "The wolf rating is the most sought after," said Gustard, who began posting up the results on a "wolf board" at the club's training ground near St Albans during the Six Nations. I wanted to give a meaning behind it and a heartbeat and a soul. The wolf pack idea was something different and represented our mentality - we have to hunt, we have to get ­people and when we get there, we have to be savage. It epitomises everything. We had a team meeting with live wolves in it in Allianz Park before the Harlequins game. You want people to remember things. They hear me for 50 weeks of the year and I do two or three presentations a week on different things. You want something to stand out at times and it was the first opportunity post the Six Nations to get everyone back into the groove and doing what we want. "Alex Sanderson [Saracens" forwards coach] arranged for the wolves to come in. It was the toughest thing to organise. The wolves had their own itinerary. They were upstairs, they were in the changing room with the boys and on the pitch. Farrell says he is determined to make his first appearance on the wolf board after the game against Ulster. "I haven't been up there yet as I have only played a couple of games since I came back from the Six Nations and the board only went up while I was away - I will try to get on it this weekend," he said. It is not a competition. We are a tight-knit group and we are a team that is about putting our body on the line for each other and really working hard for your mates. It is about proving yourself week in, week out by putting everything into everything that you do. There is no other thing that shows that more than that board up there. Gustard's use of the wolves appeared to have an immediate impact on England wing Chris Ashton, whose defence was criticised during the Six Nations. Ashton was nominated as one of the three players with a wolf rating following Saracens" Premiership victory over Wasps last Saturday. One tackle that stands out was when Wasps moved the ball behind the back to somebody and Chris spotted it and went for Christian Wade and caught him in their 22. We got a penalty shortly after," Gustard said. It was a wolf. We have seen Chris over last two weeks perform really well for Saracens. He is in a good place at the moment, especially after his performance at the weekend. Farrell was similarly impressed with Ashton's contribution. "Ashy was outstanding at the weekend," he said. He always works as hard as anybody on the field. When you keep doing that, it is going to produce dividends and it did at the weekend.