No X-factor, but captain Hartley’s still right man to lead out England

By NEALE HARVEY

Big character: Dylan Hartley has a fine record with England
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NICK Easter believes Dylan Hartley’s impact as captain outweighs the claims of other pretenders to England’s No.2 jersey and that Eddie Jones is right to stick with his winning formula despite the hooker’s struggles with under-performing Northampton.
Hartley was last week played off the park by opposite number Dave Ward as Saints were crushed by Quins at Twickenham. However, Easter says Hartley’s record of captaining England to 22 wins out of 23 matches under Jones t...

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