England joint-captains Hartley and Farrell ‘on the same page for a long time’

• We are usually pretty aligned, adds roommate Owen Farrell• England busy at Algarve camp in advance of South Africa TestOwen Farrell says he will run out holding hands with his fellow England co-captain Dylan Hartley if required and insists there is no risk of mixed messages when the pair start their new job-sharing arrangement at Twickenham next week.With Hartley having missed the summer tour to South Africa – where Farrell led the team to a 2-1 series defeat – the head coach, Eddie Jones, has already joked about them emerging from the tunnel hand in hand to face the Springboks. Farrell is n…

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