England have begun preparations for this summer's eagerly anticipated three-match Test series in Australia, with Eddie Jones' depleted squad put through their paces ahead of the end-of-season Tour.

The country's RBS 6 Nations Grand Slam heroes enjoyed a productive session at Brighton College, while there were several absentees due to the culmination of the Aviva Premiership season.

Eddie Jones was on hand to keep a close watch on his troops ahead of the friendly against Wales at Twickenham a week on Sunday - an event also known as the Old Mutual Wealth Cup.

Wasps fly-half Danny Cipriani runs with the ball during the England training session at Brighton College

Harlequins full-back Mike Brown looks to impress during training on Tuesday ahead of the Wales friendly

Eddie Jones was on hand to keep a close watch on his troops ahead of the friendly against Wales this month

Bath centre Jonathan Joseph passes the ball during the England training session held at Brighton College

Outcast fly-half Danny Cipriani has a chance to re-ignite his England career after he was named in Jones' training squad ahead of the summer tour.

Cipriani, who is part of a 26-man provisional squad that has met up in Brighton for a three-day camp, has not played for England since before the World Cup but he will now challenge George Ford and Owen Farrell for the No 10 jersey.

The Aviva Premiership semi-finals take place this weekend, with the final match of the campaign taking place on May 28 - but Jones has pressed ahead with his plans for the summer without those still in the hunt for domestic silverware.

Saracens, Leicester, Wasps and Exeter are all in contention to be crowned champions of England, meaning England's summer preparations have been far from ideal, with the likes of Farrell, Maro Itoje, Jack Nowell and Geoff Parling missing from the group that assembled on Tuesday.

Northampton hooker and England captain Dylan Hartley has urged his side to go to Australia to make history

Eddie Jones warned the Grand Slam winners' last month that their England spots were in doubt for Australia

Semesa Rokoduguni and George Ford wrestle for the ball during the training session on the south coast

Outside centre Joseph scored a hat-trick of tries against Italy in the second round of the 2016 RBS 6 Nations

ENGLAND TOUR OF AUSTRALIA June 11: First Test - Brisbane (Suncorp Stadium) 11am BST June 18: Second Test - Melbourne (AAMI Park) 11am BST June 25: Third Test - Sydney (Allianz Stadium) 11am BST Advertisement

England line up at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane for the first Test against Australia on 11 June, meaning Jones may have just one full week of training with some squad players, which could include the Vunipola brothers, Billy and Mako, as well as Saracens flanker George Kruis.

There were several familiar faces among those who did convene on the south coast, however, and captain Dylan Hartley has urged his team-mates to make history Down Under.

'There would be no point me going if I didn't think we could go to Australia and win,' Northampton hooker Hartley told England rugby's official website.

Hartley is keen to ensure complacency does not become an issue after a successful start to Jones' reign

Jones is preparing for England's first Test against Australia on 11 June at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane

Rokoduguni, Anthony Watson (centre) and Brown look on as the squad prepare for another drill in training

Jones issues instructions towards the end of England's training session held at Brighton College on Tuesday

ENGLAND'S 26-MAN TRAINING SQUAD Forwards: Dave Attwood, Kieran Brookes, Jack Clifford, Charlie Ewels, Dylan Hartley, Teimana Harrison, Paul Hill, Matt Kvesic, Courtney Lawes, Joe Marler, Chris Robshaw, Kyle Sinckler, Tommy Taylor. Backs: Mike Brown, Luther Burrell, Danny Care, Danny Cipriani, Ollie Devoto, George Ford, Jonathan Joseph, Mike Haley, Alex Lewington, Semesa Rokoduguni, Anthony Watson, Marland Yarde, Micky Young. Advertisement

'If we want to be the best, we've got to beat the best and what better place to do that than against Australia in their own back yard. I'm looking-forward to it and I've got a highly-motivated squad that want to do that as well.'

Jones warned his players last month that a handful of Grand Slam winners were at risk of missing out on the summer tour of Australia, and Hartley is keen to ensure complacency does not become an issue.

'Our main goal was to get better and improve over the RBS 6 Nations and to win the tournament and we did that,' he added.

'We went up in the world rankings. The next step is to play the number one and two sides in the world in New Zealand and Australia and we've got Australia.

'We need to recap the RBS 6 Nations and what made us tick there. We need to progress and we need to get better, we can't play the same standard of rugby as we did in the RBS 6 Nations. It's another step up but it's exciting.'

Meanwhile, Manu Tuilagi has given Leicester Tigers a huge fitness boost ahead of their Aviva Premiership semi-final against Saracens.