Eddie ready to call up old guard for England

By NICK CAIN
EDDIE Jones is preparing to go back to the old guard for the Autumn series against the Southern Hemisphere giants.
His decision to restore his long-standing captain Dylan Hartley to England’s pre-season training squad alongside his new Northampton team-mate, veteran flanker James Haskell, makes that clear. While Jones is also pursuing a former England coach, John Mitchell, to take over the defensive duties.
Hartley, 32, who was ruled out of the summer series in South Africa by concussion, has been rehabilitated before he has played a club game, and the England coach has s...

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