Marcus Smith and Max Malins could be in tandem for England’s June games against United States and Canada at Twickenham

Premiership crowds are finally returning from Monday evening and the chance to nudge the national selectors offers a further powerful incentive as the business end of the domestic season approaches. With 11 England players making the British and Irish Lions tour party there is obvious scope for summer experimentation, just as there was in Argentina in 2017 when, among others, Tom Curry made his Test bow.

Eddie Jones’s England will host the United States on 4 June and Canada the following weekend, both at Twickenham, while England A play their Scottish counterparts on 27 June at Welford Road. Even at this distance there seems limited value in naming George Ford, Joe Marler, Ben Youngs, Jonny May, Mark Wilson and Billy Vunipola, about whom Jones already knows plenty.

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