Brian O'Driscoll questions Dylan Hartley's suitability for captaincy

Dylan Hartley's suitability to lead the British and Irish Lions has been questioned by Brian O'Driscoll as the England captain waits to discover the damage caused to his career by yet another major disciplinary lapse.

Hartley will learn in midweek the repercussions of the red card issued by referee Jerome Garces for a swinging arm on Sean O'Brien in Northampton's Champions Cup defeat by Leinster at Franklin's Gardens on Friday night.