"That's going to be quite exciting to watch. I'm really interested to see how it goes. Who knows, he might be playing on the wing for us in the future if it works out." The Sale centre's only previous Test appearance in the position came on tour against New Zealand in 2014 and the experiment was immediately abandoned by Jones' predecessor as head coach, Stuart Lancaster. The midcourter is the third player Thunder have announced ahead of the 2022 season, after fellow Vitality Rose Natalie Haythornthwaite and South Africa international Shadine van der Merwe. "Opportunities were few and far between in England. It was a sarcastic culture. It was made clear that you had not played at the level so you were not really going to progress.