Jones left cool by Cip-mania.. but ‘fantastic’ Ashton is hot tip for England

playing – it doesn’t matter to me either way, it’s just what he wants to do and he’s leaning towards playing. “I was in conversation with him when he was in Norway and he could have stayed there for weeks, or in London, and he wanted to get back here. That tells you everything about him.”

Should Sarginson play, it is likely to extend Dom Manfredi’s two-year wait for a first-team return after serious knee injuries.

Wane added: “Dom is fit and healthy, we’ll just see how our outside backs go.”