England coach Stuart Lancaster was left with little choice but to drop Dylan Hartley before World Cup
1 decade ago by The TelegraphStuart Lancaster simply had no choice. Once Dylan Hartley was banned for the first game of the Rugby World Cup against Fiji, his tournament was over before it had begun. It would not have mattered...
Stuart Lancaster looks to England’s future without Dylan Hartley
1 decade ago by The Guardian• Lancaster: ‘My priority is to move on to players I have available’• Leicester’s Tom Youngs is likely to become first-choice hookerBefore Stuart Lancaster started his media conference one hour...
Jamie George: Who is the man replacing Dylan Hartley?
1 decade ago by Telegraph Rugby NewsIt is one of those twists of fate that sport seems to specialise in that when Dylan Hartley needlessly shoved his head in the face of Jamie George, he was also handing the baton to the hooker who will...
Hartley axed by England
1 decade ago by Rugby 365Dylan Hartley's hopes of playing in the World Cup were all but ended, after England ran out of patience with the volatile hooker - following his latest disciplinary problem - and dropped him from their...
Lewis Moody backs Dylan Hartley after headbutt ban - 'I worry about rugby becoming overly PC'
1 decade ago by The TelegraphLewis Moody, the former England captain, believes Dylan Hartley’s experience will enable him to retain his place in Stuart Lancaster’s training squad but says that his four-week suspension will cost...
Leicester Tigers hooker Tom Youngs in pole position for England...
1 decade ago by Leicester MercuryLeicester Tigers hooker Tom Youngs has become the favourite to start England's World Cup campaign against Fiji on September 18.His main competitor for the No.2 jersey, Northampton Saints' Dylan Hartley,...
World Cup blow for banned Hartley
1 decade ago by Rugby 365England bad boy Dylan Hartley will not be eligible to play in the first match of the World Cup later this year, if he is named in the final squad, after being suspended for four weeks. The 29-year-old...
Dylan Hartley banned for four weeks for headbutt
1 decade ago by The TelegraphDylan Hartley has been ruled out of England’s opening World Cup match against Fiji after receiving a four-week suspension for headbutting Saracens hooker Jamie George, a sanction that could put his...
Bath stick to attacking style to tame Leicester Tigers 47-10 in Aviva Premiership semi-final
1 decade ago by The TelegraphThey make it sound so simple. Catch and pass, attack space, play what’s in front of you whether that is from your own or the opposition’s five-metre line. When Bath’s coaches and players discuss...
England squad greater than sum of its parts
1 decade ago by The TelegraphIt would be very easy to dismiss England’s 50-man training squad for the Rugby World Cup as a declaration of uncertainty, of bets being hedged. Prop Joe Marler could make a World XV And you could...
