Dave Lewis wants to help Exeter Chiefs reach the knockout stages of at least one competition this season after signing a new contract.
The scrum-half has extended his deal by another two years, keeping the former academy youngster at Sandy Park until 2017.
Lewis has only been a bit-part player this term after injuring an elbow in pre-season.
The 25-year-old has featured just five times – with no appearances in the Aviva Premiership – having been first-choice last season.
But the former Gloucester player is looking to make up for lost time and help the club push for honours.
While Rob Baxter's men dropped out of the top four in the league following Saturday's 26-25 reverse against Gloucester, they still top their European and LV= Cup groups.
"Injuries are part of rugby and it has been frustrating," said Lewis, who featured for England Saxons last term.
"Obviously the injury has held me back at the start, but now I feel I'm getting back to where I was last year and I'm pushing hard to get back into the squad again.
"I am not dissimilar to any other player, I want to be playing in the big games, and obviously the chance to play in the LV= Cup final last year, especially at home, was awesome.
"Things like that experience, coupled with my time with the Saxons – once you experience it once, you want to experience it more and more.
"I just want to get back playing and hopefully push the Chiefs towards the semi-finals of whatever competition we are in. Anything else that follows after that will be a bonus."
Lewis has had to bide his time as Will Chudley, who recently signed a new deal until 2018, and Haydn Thomas have shared scrum-half duties.
However, head coach Rob Baxter said Lewis will get a chance during the four-week break from league action after Sunday's trip to London Irish, with the final pool matches in the European Challenge Cup and LV= Cup offering a chance to rotate the squad.
The Sandy Park boss, who is set to confirm several more players have extended their deals in the coming weeks, said the form scrum-halves will then feature in the next block of Premiership games.
"Dave's probably been a bit unfortunate with the injury at the start of the season," he said. "The season started very well for us, Will Chudley has been showing some very good Premiership form and that's meant Dave's opportunities have been limited because Haydn has been doing a good job for us as well.
"A bit like in the last LV= and European block, Dave will get some opportunities in the next five or six weeks, we very much see it being a three-way fight between them when we get back out of that block. There's a lot of the season left yet for Dave.
"The way he was improving last year meant we were always going to look to keep him.
"We feel we have got a good group of scrum-halves here. Haydn is getting a little bit older now and maybe is becoming the elder statesman, but the other two are still young enough and still improving with Premiership game time all the time.
"It's exciting for Dave, we'll see a lot of him performing in the next couple of years and there will be some opportunities for him to have a big say on how the rest of the season goes."
