RUGBY MATTERS
BRENDAN GALLAGHER

A new weekly look at the game’s other talking points
IS Dylan Hartley the Mike Brearley of English Rugby?
I ask that question in light of Eddie Jones’ staunch support earlier this week of his England captain whose form at club level has been negligible compared with his nearest rivals for the England hooking berth, while as the Northampton skipper he has failed to inspire his team this season, although there was the encouragement of yesterday’s win over Gloucester.
Brearley, just to recap for younger readers, was an ordinary opening bat at...