Dylan Hartley lets rip at former Saints players as Northampton close ranks

• Hooker says current squad are to blame for Mallinder’s sacking
• Wales rule out possibility of Warren Gatland joining club

Dylan Hartley has rounded on the former Northampton players who have voiced their criticism of the club after a woeful run of form that cost Jim Mallinder his job as director of rugby last week. On another difficult day for the struggling Saints, Wales also brushed off the club’s attempts to lure Warren Gatland to Franklin’s Gardens.

Mallinder was sacked on 12 December after a decade at the club but on Sunday Northampton’s losing run in the Premiership and Champions Cup extended to nine matches. Recent results – and the steady decline since winning the Premiership in 2014 – have led to several former players voicing opinions over where Saints have gone wrong, with the former England wing Ian Hunter pointing the finger at the forwards coach, Dorian West, last week.

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