Hartley handed three-week ban
Dylan Hartley has been handed an RBS 6 Nations reprieve after receiving a three-week ban for his red card for elbowing Leicester centre Matt Smith.
The England hooker pleaded guilty to the charge of striking in a disciplinary hearing held via conference call on Tuesday evening.
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