Dylan Hartley's alarming England tales leave rugby with no place to hide | Robert Kitson
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Former England captain’s enlightening autobiography could loosen a few tongues among his less forthright successorsIt was always likely that Dylan Hartley’s soon-to-be published autobiography would cause a ripple or two. Few rugby players have managed to divide opinion so reliably or reinvent themselves so successfully; dull anonymity has rarely been the former England captain’s speciality. The initial passages to emerge from his book, The Hurt, are both forthright and striking.Perhaps most significant of all, however, is the harsh light Hartley shines on rugby itself. Not since Jonny Wilkinso…





