England must ask yet again, can they trust Dylan Hartley?

England must ask yet again, can they trust Dylan Hartley?
The Saint who is a sinner.

The headline refuses to die.

Dylan Hartley certainly shows little sign of consigning it to the scrapheap.

Grim tidings are swirling once again, and they could prove ruinous.

He missed the British and Irish Lions tour 2013 because of daft and abusive behaviour, and now Hartley’s Rugby World Cup is in jeopardy.

This is not a minor matter; the offence itself may not be the most heinous – idiotic, unnecessary, a posturing, bullying, cock-of-the-playground gesture – but context is everything.

This is not the first time; the charge sheet is lengthy.

The re…

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