By PAUL REES

Phil Dowson wants Northampton to take their form in the latter stages of last season into the new campaign and consolidate their place in the top four.
The Saints won six of their last seven matches in the regular season and, although they lost at Leicester in the play-off semi-final, they paid for a number of missed opportunities and were far more competitive against their East Midlands rivals than they had been in the two regular season derbies.
“We have to make sure we star the campaign with that same energy and momentum,” said Dowson, the club’s former captain who has tak...