Danny Cipriani is believed to have played himself into contention for a place in the England squad for the tour to South Africa. Eddie Jones, who is unsure whether Dylan Hartley will play for England again after his latest concussion, names his squad for the three-Test series tomorrow.

Cipriani has not played for England since 2015 and has been consistently overlooked by the head coach, who has inferred that he was not enough of a team man to get a place in the squad as back-up for George Ford and Owen Farrell. But Cipriani is now back under consideration after a string of eye-catching performances, capped by a man-of-the-match display against Newcastle Falcons on Saturday that helped Wasps to finish third in the Aviva Premiership