A double Slam not dirty talk for Dylan

DYLAN HARTLEY has called on his England side to seize their moment against Ireland this evening and avoid a repeat of the Dublin “dirty feeling” of 2011.

As well as back-to-back Grand Slams and a tier one world record of 19 successive wins, a £43,000 per man clean sweep bonus is on the line for Eddie Jones’ players.

But the team are also driven by a craving to avoid the empty feeling of six years ago when they received the championship trophy in the Irish capital after having the Grand Slam ripped away from them by Ireland in a 24-8 defeat.

“In 2011 we lost the final game and that’s a dirty feeling to have. It was a wasted opportunity,” said the England captain, right.

“Looking back and knowing how hard we train and prepare now, I didn’t do what I needed to be right for that game and people like James Haskell would say the same. All we can do is learn from those setbacks and put us in good stead for games like this.

“It’s about guys relishing the moment that we have now and seizing the opportunity.

“You don’t get these opportunities very often in life, especially in a rugby life. How long is a rugby career? Ten or 12 years if we’re lucky, and we don’t have many opportunities so we need to make the most of them.”

Hartley is one of six survivors in the England match-day squad from that failed mission and knows the kick Ireland would derive from a repeat. But he believes this England machine is equipped to deliver successive Grand Slams for the first time since Will Carling’s 1992 team.

“My message to the team this week is that our motivation has