Rugby evening headlines as new Wales kid learns harsh lessons and scrum-half tipped for shock call

These are your rugby evening headlines for Sunday, June 12.

'Brutal' Sarries training will benefit Wales new boy

Sam Wainwright will head for South Africa with Wales on an upward curve thanks to training with some of the best front rowers in the business.

So reckons former Scotland international Kelly Brown, now employed as Sarries’ assistant coach.

North Walian Wainwright has been restricted to a bit-part role with the Saracens since joining them from RGC 14014 in 2019.

But ex-back rower Brown told T he Rugby Paper the tighthead has improved in no small way after being exposed to the club's ‘brutal’ training sessions.

“He’s not played a huge amount, but he’s been involved in sessions every week scrummaging against the likes of Mako Vunipola, Jamie George, Vincent Koch, and Eroni Mawi,” said the 64-cap Brown.

“He’s tested every week. A couple of years ago, it was really tough for him, and he had a few harsh lessons, but he’s definitely kicked on.

“There’s no hiding places in our training sessions and it is brutal. If you get it wrong as a tighthead, you get folded up, but he holds his own in training against all our international props.

“He’s got an opportunity now with Wales to prove himself.”

In-form Danny Care is being strongly tipped for an England recall, four years after his last Test.

The Telegraph say that the Harlequins scrum-half will be summoned to join Eddie jones’ squad for the game with the Barbarians next Sunday.

Care is widely seen as the top-performing N. 9 in the Gallagher Premiership this season and underlined the point with a big display for Quins against Saracens in the league’s playoff semi-final at the StoneX Stadium on Saturday.

The 35-year-old could even push for a place on England’s summer