Northampton director of rugby Phil Dowson is looking for an improvement in his side's defence ahead of the new Premiership season.
"At one point I was talking about David Brent in my office, leaning on my desk and I just thought please, please cut this out."
A former Saints player, he took over the director of rugby role at Franklin's Gardens when Chris Boyd left at the end of the 2021-22 season. And changes made to the squad have mainly been in the pack with Lukhan Salakaia-Loto, Oisin Heffernan, Alfie Petch and Karl Wilkins departing - and Elliot Millar-Mills and former London Irish trio, Tom Pearson, Chunya Munga and Tarek Haffar, arriving.Of those, only flanker Pearson will start against Sale after scoring two tries in last weekend's 82-12 demolition of Championship club Doncaster Knights.
He continued: "It's the people we're coaching, it's the group, it's the excitement of turning up on a match day and seeing people in Saints shirts that still gets me buzzing.Some of those 'stories' may well be part of the documentary Mud, Sweat and Tears: Premiership Rugby, which is now available to stream.
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