Breaking into the British and Irish Lions Test side on the left wing has not altered Elliot Daly’s desire to play his club rugby for Wasps as an outside centre.

The versatile 24-year-old spent last season flitting between a midfield role on domestic duty and a back-three berth in international matches, also wearing the No 11 shirt in most of his appearances for Eddie Jones’ England.

While Daly began his Wasps career with a handful of appearances out wide as a teenager, director of rugby Dai Young committed to fielding him at centre after a meeting with Stuart Lancaster early in the last Rugby World Cup cycle.

Bath’s Jonathan Joseph, another Lion, has started at outside centre in 16 of England’s 20 matches under Jones to date. Daly has only been used there once, for a 37-21 defeat of South Africa last November.

However, he has been happy to trade positions and embarked on the flight to New Zealand with a good idea of Warren Gatland’s thoughts.