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Published 21:23 9 Dec 2016 GMT
Updated 21:35 9 Dec 2016 GMT
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Referee Jerome Garces sent the replays upstairs for a review but told the TMO, "For me it is clear, a swinging arm... It's a clear red card."
Hartley jogged off and England head coach Eddie Jones - the man that revived his Test career - was fuming up in the stands.
O'Brien, meanwhile had to go off for a Head Injury Assessment. He did not return.
Hartley has a long, long list of offences and has racked up almost a year in bans from rugby for separate, ugly offences.
In May 2015 he was banned for four weeks after a headbutt on Saracens' Jamie George while he got a straight red card for this incident involving Leicester Tigers' Matt Smith in 2014:
A nasty piece of work.
This will certainly damage Hartley's chances of claiming captaincy of the 2027 British & Irish Lions.
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