Stephen Robinson believes fierce competition is key to St Mirren’s success.

The Northern Irishman has guided the Paisley club to three successive top-six finishes in the William Hill Premiership and can look forward to a Premier Sports Cup semi-final against Motherwell at Hampden Park next month.

Ahead of the visit of Dundee on Saturday, Robinson said: “I’ve got a group of boys that I rarely need to motivate.

“They come here with different motivations, whether it be money, whether it’s pushing a career on or lengthening their career, whatever it may be, they’ve all got their own individual motivations.

“So it’s rare that I have to motivate them.

“They’re motivated to be the best they can be every day in training and the competitiveness here is incredible.

“Everybody knows they are on

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