Dylan Hartley at fault but the verdict is troubling
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Many, many years ago, Harlequins played Nottingham in, I think, a cup match.
The occasion was particularly important for two players, Nottingham’s Brian Moore, who was England’s premier hooker, and John Olver, the Harlequins captain, who was tucked in behind Moore in the international pecking order.
At some point in the encounter, Harlequins were awarded a penalty try after repeated scrummaging infringements, whereupon Olver said to Moore something along the lines of: “When you have a spare moment on your coach journey back to Nottingham, you might care to reflect on a few inadequacies in y…
The occasion was particularly important for two players, Nottingham’s Brian Moore, who was England’s premier hooker, and John Olver, the Harlequins captain, who was tucked in behind Moore in the international pecking order.
At some point in the encounter, Harlequins were awarded a penalty try after repeated scrummaging infringements, whereupon Olver said to Moore something along the lines of: “When you have a spare moment on your coach journey back to Nottingham, you might care to reflect on a few inadequacies in y…
