Cipriani aims to make an impression

Danny Cipriani will continue his quest to regain the England fly-half jersey with Wasps this weekend after being included among 17 players Martin Johnson has made available for club duty.

The 21-year-old did not feature in England’s opening two RBS 6 Nations games because Johnson felt he was still short of both form and match sharpness following last year’s gruesome ankle break.

Cipriani staked a claim for a recall to face Ireland in 10 days time by leading Wasps to victory over Leicester last weekend with a 21-point haul – and he is set to get another opportunity against Northampton this Sunday.

Wasps also have Simon Shaw and Tim Payne back for the Adams Park clash.

England’s incumbant fly-half Andy Goode is the only member of the starting XV beaten by Wales last weekend to return to his club.

Goode is not covered by England’s elite player agreement because he is based in Brive, the club who this week announced the signing of Riki Flutey.

London Irish will be strengthened for their trip to Bath by Shane Geraghty, who was kept back by England last weekend as injury cover, flanker Steffon Armitage and scrum-half Paul Hodgson.

The remaining members of the England squad will remain in camp until Thursday. All the players will reconvene on Sunday evening to prepare for the Ireland match at Croke Park.