Alex Coles plays for Premiership side Northampton Saints – A club which he has been involved with since the age of 13.He joined the Saints’ senior academy in the summer of 2017 before making his senior debut in November the following year. Capable of playing across the second and back rows, Coles represented his country from U16 level all the way through to U20, when he wore the rose in the U20 Six Nations and World Rugby U20 Championship. He was called up to the England senior Men’s squad ahead of the 2022 Autumn Nations Series and made his debut in their 30-29 loss to Argentina. Coles featured in the 2024 Guinness Men’s Six Nations and played in Summer Series tour of Japan and New Zealand.