Stuart Lancaster knows repeat offender too good to omit
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Dylan Hartley requires a compassionate response from Stuart Lancaster, the England head coach.
He is lucky, however, that although he needs Lancaster, Lancaster needs him too.
This is a dangerous tango.
The issue that Lancaster has to deal with in his mind is the problem of the repeat offender.
Hartley has transgressed so many times that, arguably, he cannot be trusted.
Lancaster has to deal with that.
He has to consider the possibility that, at a crucial time in a crucial World Cup game, Hartley may lose his cool and transgress again.
If England are knocked out of the World
He is lucky, however, that although he needs Lancaster, Lancaster needs him too.
This is a dangerous tango.
The issue that Lancaster has to deal with in his mind is the problem of the repeat offender.
Hartley has transgressed so many times that, arguably, he cannot be trusted.
Lancaster has to deal with that.
He has to consider the possibility that, at a crucial time in a crucial World Cup game, Hartley may lose his cool and transgress again.
If England are knocked out of the World
