Dylan Hartley: ticking clock puts England's senior players under pressure at Six Nations
ByPA Sport
Updated 10/03/2016 at 20:17 GMT
Dylan Hartley says England's determination to win the RBS 6 Nations has intensified among senior players who fear seeing their international careers pass unfulfilled.
England's Dylan Hartley
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It has been 13 years since the Red Rose last won the Grand Slam and their solitary Championship title since was under Martin Johnson in 2011.
England will seize Ireland's crown if they topple Wales on Saturday and Scotland dispatch France 24 hours later, and Hartley feels a sense of urgency.
"At the moment we've achieved nothing and we want to win things, so we're going game by game," Hartley said.
"We've also got a nucleus of players who have been there and have experience. Then we have the 30 per cent who bring the energy and enthusiasm.
"That nucleus has been together for eight years....me, Danny Care, James Haskell. What have we won? One Six Nations.
"The scariest thing for me is looking back on my England career having not won something substantial.
"All of the older guys are scared that we'll walk away without winning something, so all the preparation and detail is going into winning.
"The new generation are all right. They have time on their hands, they have the energy and bodies. We're running out of time."
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