Kyle Sinckler impresses England coach Eddie Jones at training camp
Uncapped Harlequins prop Kyle Sinckler is in line to tour Australia with England this summer
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England U20 international Kyle Sinckler's chances of featuring in the three-Test tour of Australia next month has brightened after impressing head coach Eddie Jones during the training camp in Brighton.
Having represented England at U16, U18, U19 and U20 levels, Sinckler was included in a three-day training camp as Jones' men prepare for the encounter against Wales and the tour of Australia.
Jones is likely to announce a 32-33 man squad on Sunday for the Wales game scheduled to be played on 29th May and the 23-year-old received high accolades from the England coach.
"The most interesting player I've seen is Sinckler. He has got some areas of his game he needs to improve, but he has some potential competitive edges," England head coach Jones said.
"He is from a pretty tough background so rugby means a lot to him - he plays rugby for all the right reasons.
"He loves the game and it helped to get him out of a difficult situation so I think he is a guy who could keep on developing really well. He is athletically gifted.
"You've got to have some sort of competitive edge and he has potentially got a ball-carrying competitive edge.
"When he came on against Montpellier he was exactly what Quins needed. He was prepared to try and get on the front foot against Montpellier, who bullied Quins up front. He was not prepared to be bullied."
Apart from Sinckler, Exeter centre Henry Slade and Northampton flanker Teimana Harrison, Jones admitted there won’t be much surprise in the squad as he believes the Grand Slam victorious team was the best available one.
"Some of the rugby I have seen over the last five or six weeks hasn't added to the selection conundrum," Jones said.
"Probably Sinckler is the only one who has come out of left field. I haven't seen anyone elevate their position massively from where they have been.
"The players we picked for the Six Nations are the best talent in England. There are one or two players coming forward.
"Harrison definitely has some mongrel about him and I'm hoping Slade comes through.
"I like the way he plays - he has got a bit of everything, if he can get his running game back - he has got a kicking game, he has got a passing game and they are the sort of backs we have.
"I think he is coming back to form. I just want him to play rugby, run with the ball instead of being just a passing machine."
