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Article: New faces but Steve is the key for Jonno.(Sport)
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- Daily Mail (London)
- Article date:
- November 4, 2009
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Byline: by CHRIS FOY Rugby Correspondent
ENGLAND will today confirm Steve Thompson's astonishing second coming as an international rugby player when he is named to face Australia for his first Test start since 2006.
Martin Johnson revealed yesterday that Dylan Hartley -- the Northampton hooker and captain who played in both of England's summer Tests against Argentina -- had been given a fitness test after being unable to train last week. Sportsmail understands that the 23-year-old Anglo-Kiwi from Rotorua was included in the provisional starting XV, but his untimely hamstring strain has forced a late re-think.
Although Johnson insisted that a ...