Drahm kicked two penalties and a drop-goal in Worcester's win

Drahm kicked two conversions and a drop-goal as the Warriors beat Saracens 22-7 to retain their Premiership place.

"Winning a final is great but to survive from where we were a few months ago is incredible," he said.

"We had nothing to lose so we thought there's no pressure, we're expected to go down, we've got to go out fighting."

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Team-mate Thinus Delport said the key to survival had been keeping level heads.

"Six games ago everyone thought we were going down so we played six Cup finals in a row," he told Sky Sports.

We got out of jail, basically Worcester chairman Cecil Duckworth

"We did a lot of work last week, and this week the emphasis was on calm and being relaxed.

"The whole atmosphere was 'keep your feet up, keep your heads level and enjoy yourselves'."

Captain Pat Sanderson was full of praise for the players' and coaches' efforts in turning the season round after a disastrous start.

"All season we've been under pressure and at the bottom of the league," he said.

"I doubt there's another set of guys in the division who could have handled that sort of pressure for as long as we did.

"It took all the 22 games but mission accomplished. It's not just about this last week, it's been three months.

"We were way out of it, no-one gave us a chance - it takes huge character, it's a good deal harder at the bottom than at the top.

Cecil Duckworth, Pat Sanderson and John Brain celebrate

"We deliberately didn't want to know what was going on in Northampton's game - we accepted they had won and just concentrated on winning ourselves."

Director of rugby John Brain said it ensured the team salvaged pride from a generally disappointing campaign.

"It's been a poor season but we played very well and controlled the game from start to finish against a very good side," he said.

"We prepared very well, had a pretty good game-plan and for a change they went out and executed it to perfection."

Worcester chairman Cecil Duckworth was more direct than most in his assessment of their survival.

"We got out of jail, basically, as we hadn't played well but we've been improving since Christmas," he said.