Dylan Hartley

Dylan Hartley

Birth name	Dylan Michael Hartley
Date of birth	(1986-03-24) 24 March 1986 (age 38)
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
Rugby union career
Position(s) Hooker Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2003–2005 2005–2019 Worcester Northampton Saints 1 251 (5) (140) Correct as of 7 November 2019 International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2007–2008 2008–2018 England Saxons England 5 97 (10) (20) Correct as of 7 November 2019

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.