England name Danny Cipriani in squad for summer tour of South Africa
Uncapped Hurricanes captain Brad Shields has also been included in a 34-man squad that is skippered by Owen Farrell
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Your support makes all the difference.Danny Cipriani has been rewarded for his outstanding form for Wasps by being picked in England's squad for their summer tour to South Africa.
Cipriani made his last international appearance during the build-up to the 2015 World Cup and has since been repeatedly overlooked by Eddie Jones, who had misgivings over his attitude in a team environment.
But the 30-year-old now has a chance of being involved against the Springboks over three Tests next month a decade after making his last international start.
Wasps-bound Hurricanes captain Brad Shields is one of several uncapped players selected by Jones despite being midway through the Super Rugby season.
Dylan Hartley misses the tour because of concussion so Owen Farrell is named captain while Danny Care, Dan Cole, James Haskell and Richard Wigglesworth have been rested.
However, Jones has opted against resting any of his British and Irish Lions with Farrell, Maro Itoje and Mako Vunipola among those included, while Billy Vunipola is present following his recover from a broken arm.
"Our tour to South Africa will be the most exciting challenge for us as a group since 2016," Jones said. "We have an opportunity to create some history next month and win the Test series, something no England side has done before.
"There are a number of players out injured or not selected so it provides a big opportunity for others. With three weeks to prepare for the first Test in Johannesburg I am expecting players to come into camp with the right mind-set.
"We will be looking for them to break the mould in terms of being more assertive and on the front foot in everything we do.
"We will need to be physically aggressive and tactically smart against the Springboks who we know will be combative and reinvigorated by their new coaching setup."
Full squad
Backs
Mike Brown (Harlequins) Elliot Daly (Wasps) Nathan Earle (Saracens)* Jonny May (Leicester Tigers) Denny Solomona (Sale Sharks) Danny Cipriani (Wasps) Owen Farrell (Saracens) George Ford (Leicester Tigers) Alex Lozowski (Saracens) Cameron Redpath (Sale Sharks) * Dan Robson (Wasps)* Henry Slade (Exeter Chiefs) Ben Spencer (Saracens)* Ben Teo (Worcester Warriors) Ben Youngs (Leicester Tigers)
Forwards
Tom Curry (Sale Sharks) Ben Earl (Saracens)* Jonny Hill (Exeter Chiefs)* Nick Isiekwe (Saracens) Maro Itoje (Saracens) Joe Launchbury (Wasps) Chris Robshaw (Harlequins) Brad Shields (Hurricanes/Wasps)* Sam Simmonds (Exeter Chiefs) Billy Vunipola (Saracens) Jack Willis (Wasps)* Mark Wilson (Newcastle)
Luke Cowan-Dickie (Exeter Chiefs) Ellis Genge (Leicester Tigers) Jamie George (Saracens) Joe Marler (Harlequins) Kyle Sinckler (Harlequins) Mako Vunipola (Saracens) Harry Williams (Exeter Chiefs)
Uncapped*
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