WORLD Cup winner Mike Tindall insists he cannot wait to pull on a Bath shirt again just seven days after reaching rugby heaven with England.

Tindall, along with fellow national heroes Iain Balshaw and Mike Catt, is expected to return as his club takes on Leicester in the Premiership at Welford Road tomorrow (3pm).

And although the 25-year-old admits his World Cup exploits have yet to really sink in, he wants to help table-topping Bath maintain their superb form this season.

"This is our job and we want to get back on with it,'' said Tindall.

"It is a case of straight back to work and I think that we are all looking forward to it."

Balshaw meanwhile, underlined the pride he and his England colleagues are feeling after lifting the Webb Ellis Trophy Down Under.

And he is intending to go all out for a repeat in France in 2007.

"It is an achievement of a lifetime," he admitted.

"As rugby players it is something that we have all been dreaming of and I think that I will be pinning the medal to my chest for the next four years.''

"I want to be there in France in four years time defending our title.

"Who knows, by the time I am 32, I might even have three of the beauties."

All three have a good chance of being involved against Leicester, although Tindall may start on the bench, with Catt partnering Andrew Higgins in the centre.

James Scaysbrook will replace the banned Michael Lipman in the only change to the pack.

Leicester Tigers have announced the signing of South African fullback Jaco van der Westhuyzen, who will join them in December.