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Northampton must find consistency, warns Coles

Northampton Saints second row Alex Coles carries the ball into a tackle against SaracensGetty Images

Alex Coles captained Northampton Saints against Saracens with George Furbank unavailable because of a fractured arm

Northampton lock Alex Coles said the Saints must find some "week in, week out consistency" to have a chance of reaching the end of season play-offs.

Defeat at Saracens on Sunday was the reigning champions' fifth in eight Premiership games this season and left them 10 points adrift of Leicester Tigers in fourth place.

Nine days on from beating Bulls in South Africa in the European Champions Cup, Saints found themselves 24-0 down at half-time and eventually lost 39-24.

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