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Published 09:25 25 Jan 2017 GMT
Updated 09:50 25 Jan 2017 GMT
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Saints coach Paul Gustard has been speaking with BBC Radio 5 Live about Hartley and the new World Rugby laws that see contact with the head area punishable by stiffer sanctions, including red cards and increased bans.
"He's been proactive in improving his tackling," said Gustard.
"He was remorseful about the tackle because he let people down."One would respectfully suggest that Hartley should be remorseful, too, about flattening O'Brien when his back was turned and leaving him in need of treatment. Hartley, who led England to a Six Nations Grand Slam last year, has been undertaking measures to prevent him from adding to his colourful list of career suspensions.
"Over the last six or seven weeks he's worked hard on conditioning and he's managed to address a couple of things in terms of injuries and I've done a couple of training sessions with Dylan on tackle technique. "He has asked us and he has asked Mark Hopley at Northampton for extra tackle technique. "He is proactive in doing extras post training with [Northampton teammate] Teimana Harrison and developing so that sort of incident doesn't happen."Good to hear he is trying to cut this side of his game out, at least.
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