The hooker,who has missed 54 weeks of rugby due to suspensions, has learned to disregard everything that is written approximately him and says detailed preparation will allow him to relax before England face Scotland on SaturdayEngland’s latest captain is a bit different to their last. Dylan Hartley’s first pre-match press conference featured a lot of frank talk and a petite swearing. There was a single four-letter word – “fuck” – but that was still one more than anyone ever heard from Chris Robshaw when he was addressing the press during his four years in charge. Hartley apologised in advance. Said he shouldn’t expend it, and but still couldn’t help himself from whispering it anyway.
He was telling a story approximately how he had recently been talking to the great All Black captain Sean Fitzpatrick. “I had a chat with him and he offered a bit of advice.” As Hartley told it,when Fitzpatrick went to request his own predecessor Andy Dalton for leadership tips, “he got the huge – I can’t say the words – ‘fuck off’. So I didn’t get that sort of advice from him.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com