Hartley does the decent thing and steps down to allow a better player go in his place.

"Me & my big mouth"

Rumors circulating on Saturday would lead you to believe that Dylan Hartley spoke abusively to a referee in the Aviva Premiership Final, was red carded and faced a hearing on Sunday where he was subsequently banned for 11-weeks.

This hefty ban has since cost him his place on the Lions tour and afforded the chance to the much more deserving Rory SUFTUM Best. #RoarForRory #SUFTUM #Ulster #Ulster #Ulster #yougetthedrift


So good news for all the Rugby romantics out there, the very deserving Best heads off on the Lions tour while the more unlike-able Hartley will spend his summer sitting on the couch wondering what could have been.

The real truth behind Hartleys descent though, is that he genuinely couldn't live with the pressure of proving his worth in Australia. He felt trapped & deep down he knew that even though Rory Best was a little shaky at line out time, the ulster man would still be a more viable option for Gatland.

Hartley has the IQ of a monkey but to be fair, his plan worked. We have it from a reliable source that this was all a cunning plan so Hartley would find a way of negating his Lions responsibilities.

Quite frankly this is all bullshit.... But is a hell of a lot more believable than the story reported by The Guardian, that " Hartleys tour could be over because of a referee's accent" (link below)

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2013/may/25/dylan-hartley-red-card-premiership-final

Basically, before Hartley got sent off, Northampton had a penalty and it was near half time. The ref told them they could'nt kick it out. (meaning that if they did, it would be half time). They proceeded to kick it out and the ref blew the whistle for half time. Word on the street is, they thought he said YOU COULD KICK IT OUT... Enter, angry Dylan Hartley.... You f**king cheat he mutters whilst glancing at the ref. Bish bosh bash, Red card for Hartley, cheerio mate!

So somewhere along the line, the Guardian decided to blame the referee's accent.. And to be fair, if the referee had a different accent, then maybe Hartley wouldn't have called him a f**king cheat!!

To whoever wrote that article for the Guardian, WAKE UP AND SMELL THE DYLAN HARTLEY STINKING ROSES.... You can't call a referee a "f**king cheat". Plain and simple.

So Rory is heading to Australia along with the rest of the gang. I think they fly to Hong Kong now one of these days fairly soon. Hartley is currently down at Currys buying a new HD 52 inch widescreen so he can follow the action from his living room....and all because the referee had a funny accent!