NEWPORT Gwent Dragons lock Nick Crosswell admits some players are apprehensive about travelling to France following the Paris terror attacks but he insists that won't stop them doing their job.

Director of rugby Lyn Jones told the Argus earlier this week that there were no security fears ahead of tomorrow’s European Rugby Challenge Cup clash with Castres Olympique in southern France.

New Zealand-born Crosswell says one or two players do have concerns but he says it won’t stop them from doing what they are paid to do.

“I think a few boys are a little on edge over that but at the end of the day we’ve just got to get on that plane and head over there and do a job,” said the 29-year-old.

“We got a great result against Sale last weekend and rugby is a lot about momentum.

“We’ve had a couple of weeks of good rugby and now it’s about keeping that going, keeping our standards high, minimising mistakes, making our tackles and putting pressure on at the right end of the field.

“The weekend before Sale we thought we played well against Ulster,” he added.

“We had a lot of ball inside their 22 but we just couldn’t manage to score tries.

“So, although we lost that game, the boys had a bit more confidence leading into Sale.

“We knew we just had to keep going and keep doing what we were doing but we knew we had to score tries.

“And I think that’s what we did against Sale. We gave the ball a bit more width and managed to dot down a couple of times.”

The Dragons reached the last four of this competition last year but Crosswell, who joined the Rodney Parade region from the Waikato Chiefs in January this year, is reluctant to look beyond today’s game.

“I’m fairly new to this competition,” he said. “I came in half way through the last campaign so I guess I’m still sussing it out with all the different teams that are involved.

“I think for us it’s just about taking each game as it comes.

“For us at the moment it Castres and we’re looking no further than that.

“They will be tough opponents. We’ve looked at the videos and they’re a typical French physical side.

“They’ll be up for the challenge and we just want to get over there and get stuck into them.”