Saints' stars march into England squad

Northampton Saints hooker Dylan Hartley has made it into Martin Johnson's first England squad.

The new England chief has stamped his mark in his first full day in the job by dropping Mike Tindall and Ben Kay.

The two senior players have been relegated to the England Saxons squad along with recent New Zealand tourists Joe Worsley, Michael Lipman, Richard Wigglesworth, Topsy Ojo, David Strettle and Mike Brown.

Hartley's Northampton team-mate Ben Foden joins the Saxons squad.-

Hartley was one of only four uncapped players to be named by Johnson in the squad, the others are Wasps' Riki Flutey, London Irish lock Nick Kennedy and Leicester back-row forward Jordan Crane.

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