Rewind two years and Hartley and prop Dan Cole were on the wrong end of a scrummaging lesson in the Stade de France - both substituted at half-time in a 12-10 defeat which clinched France the RBS 6 Nations Grand Slam.

A World Cup quarter-final defeat against France, as well as a 19-12 reverse against Wales last time out, is also fresh in the memory for Hartley and co. as they go head-to-head with Les Bleus on Sunday.

The pack has largely escaped close scrutiny in the build-up to Sunday's clash with the attention instead turned on interim England head coach Stuart Lancaster's choice to keep the faith with Lee Dickson at scrum-half and Owen Farrell outside him.

Leicester coach Matt O'Connor questioned the omission of Tigers pair Ben Youngs and Toby Flood in the build up.

But to Hartley and Cole the half-back debate is a sideshow to their search to write the wrongs of the 2010 clash.

"I can still picture it, I can still see those scrums," Hartley told. "A little bit of redemption would be nice this time. There are some demons to exorcise. It is inexcusable for an English pack to be pushed back on our own ball.

"I remember being sat in the changing room in Paris after that game thinking: 'Wow, you just don't get taken off at half-time'."

Cole echoed front-row partner Hartley's thoughts: "That must be the toughest rugby experience I've had," he said.

"I'm more pumped up for this game because of what happened there last time. Motivation-wise it's a good thing.

"It's going to be hostile in Paris, without doubt. There's 22 of us against the whole stadium.

"It feels like us against the world. In a funny sort of way, you enjoy that."

Hartley and Cole are two parts of an unchanged England side that head to the Stade de France but while Lancaster kept the faith with his half-backs it's all change in their opposite numbers.

Morgan Parra and Francois Trinh-Duc have both been dropped by France head coach Philippe Saint-André after their disappointing 17-17 draw with Ireland and are replaced by Lionel Beauxis and scrum-half Julien Dupuy.

"They are a pair of half-backs who are used to playing together at Stade Français," said Saint-Andre. It seemed logical to put Julien with Lionel, rather than François [Trinh-Duc]," said Saint-André.

"It's also our choice, a strategic adjustment. England like to play for territory, especially away, we saw that against Italy and Scotland.

"In the first three games we have struggled to get out of our half in the first 20 minutes. The goal is to have a long kicking game to counter their aerial ping-pong and territory game.

"The two players know the game plan well, Julien has been here for two weeks while Lionel has been here from the start of the preparation."