Birth name | Dylan Michael Hartley | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 24 March 1986 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Rotorua, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 110 kg (17 st 5 lb; 243 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Rotorua Boys' High School Beacon Community College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dylan Hartley (born 24 March 1986) is a former rugby union player who represented England and Northampton Saints.
Hartley was the captain of England from January 2016 until the end of his international career in 2019. He is England's most capped hooker of all time, earning his first cap in 2008. Hartley captained England to a Grand Slam in 2016, the first time that England had achieved this since 2003, then back-to-back Six Nations titles and notably a historic 3-0 series win in the 2016 Cook Cup against Australia. In 14 domestic seasons with Northampton Saints Hartley captained the Saints for 8 years through their most successful period in the club’s 130-year history.