Lewis Travis says he’s still the same person, despite his responsibility as captain, but will curb his wind-up merchant antics.

Travis was named club captain ahead of the season, having worn the armband on four occasions in 2021/22, following the departure of Darragh Lenihan.

He was entrusted with the role by head coach Jon Dahl Tomasson who Travis says made an almost immediate impression on the squad after his appointment.

Travis’ battling qualities have been well known, Tomasson saying last week the 24-year-old would ‘hurt’ for the team.

He has enjoyed a fine start to the season, scoring the winner against QPR and also in the win at Swansea City, helping Rovers to maximum points from their opening three games.

Having only scored three times in his previous 151 games, Travis joked the armband must have ‘special powers’.

On leading the team, he said: “I’m still the same Trav. I’ve maybe chilled out on a few things, but I’m still the same.

“I was coming off the back of a decent season so I didn’t want to change much about my game.

“To get myself through the age groups I’ve been known as tough tackling, so I don’t want to change that but maybe some stuff off the ball I need to put a cap on that.

“I just want to win in everything that I do.

“Me taking that into the game rubs off a bit of energy.

“We have a team of winners and we just need to keep it going.”

Travis, alongside the likes of Thomas Kaminski, Daniel Ayala and Bradley Dack have assumed more responsibility following the departures of experienced personnel such as Lenihan and Bradley Johnson.

“Darragh was a big loss, he was the main leader in the dressing room so that was a big loss,” Travis added.

“He was good on and off the pitch, but you have the likes of Kaminski, Ayala, Dacky, who take that role upon themselves.”

Tomasson has made an immediate impact at the club, and not just on the pitch where he has seen his side take maximum points from their opening three Championship fixtures, as well as progressing in the Carabao Cup.

Players have become more involved in team meetings, while Travis has sensed an extra intensity in everything Rovers do.

He’s been pleased with how quickly things have fallen into place, adding: “Things are going well for us.

“I thought maybe the things we were doing in training with the new gaffer wouldn’t come in and be shown straight away but I think everyone has grasped it and that has shown.

“He’s very intense, that’s how I’d sum him up in one word, on and off the ball you can see that when we play.”

Rovers slipped out of promotion contention in the second half of last season, eventually finishing eighth.

A summer of uncertainty saw Tony Mowbray leave his role as manager, alongside assistant boss Mark Venus and head of recruitment John Park.

Captain Lenihan, as well as first-team regulars Ryan Nyambe and Joe Rothwell, were among a series of departures on the playing side, and Travis said there were thoughts about how much was going to change when the players returned for pre-season training.

“At the end of last season there was a lot of people going, especially on frees,” he added.

“It was uncertain when you don’t know what manager is going to come in.

“I didn’t know too much about him but I’d say after the last week we thought ‘we are going to do well here’.

“It’s gelled quickly, we need to keep working hard in training hard and I’m sure that will keep going.”

No-one at Rovers is getting carried away by the 100 per cent start, not least Tomasson who is preaching patience given the early nature of both the season and his tenure.

Agreeing with that sentiment, but having belief in their ability, Travis said: “We don’t want to get ahead of ourselves.

“We don’t look at the league table, take each game as it comes and I think we can beat anyone on our day.”

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