Hartley in with a chance says England’s 2003 scrum guru

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Accurate: Dylan Hartley

THE set-piece will be absolutely crucial to whatever game-plan Warren Gatland has identified to carry the Lions to victory in the forthcoming series against New Zealand, and when it comes to professors of the scrum and line-out there are none more knowledgeable than Phil Keith-Roach.
When we asked England’s 2003 World Cup-winning setpiece coach to cast his eye over the front row contenders, he started by zeroing in on the hookers.
“It depends which part of the game you take – scrum, line-out or the loose – on who you select as your Test hoo...

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