Cardiff Blues are leading the chase to land Saracens and Wales centre Nick Tompkins, according to The Rugby Paper, but only on a single season loan deal.
All four Welsh PRO14 regions have shown interest in signing Wales’ latest Test star but the 25-year-old, who has beaten more defenders than any other player in the 2020 Six Nations Championship is reported to be nearing a deal with John Mulvihill’s Blues side.
London Irish, according to RUCK sources, also made contact with Sarries over a loan deal.
Tompkins, who previously represented England U20 and England Saxons, made his Wales debut in the opening game of the tournament.
Tompkins has two years left on his current deal with Saracens and is keen to return to the club.
That would depend on if Sarries can gain an immediate promotion out of the Championship next season having been relegated in punishment for breaching the Gallagher Premiership’s salary cap.
Seven other England players who went onto play for other countries…
1. Will Addison (Ireland)
Addison was part of the England U20 side which won the Junior Six Nations.[He also featured at the 2012 Junior World Cup.
In March 2018 it was announced that Addison would be joining Pro14 side Ulster with the centre being an Ireland-qualified player.
On 24 October 2018, Addison was named in the Ireland squad for the November Internationals, making his debut for Ireland against Italy.
2. Chris Harris (Scotland)
The Cumbrian centre had a long road from the National League to International rugby. One of those stop-offs was representing England counties. He's now a regular Scotland international!
3. Ross Moriarty (Wales)
15.05.17 - British & Irish Lions Training - Ross Moriarty during training.
Moriarty made his international debut with England Under-18 against France in February 2012. He went on to score tries against Scotland and Wales in his first four appearances and helped England to become European champions in Spain.
He started the first two games for England in the 2013 under-20 Six Nations but was unavailable for the final three matches after being red carded in the match against Ireland in Athlone. He played in every match of the 2013 IRB Junior World Championship and scored three tries against the USA in a pool game.
In the 2014 IRB Junior World Championship Moriarty won the tournament with England with impressive performances throughout the whole tournament.
However, Moriarty made his full international debut in the starting line up for Wales versus Ireland on 8 August 2015 and then went onto play for the British & Irish Lions during their 2017 tour of New Zealand.
4. Jack Cobden (Romania)
The winger started his career at Leicester Tigers. He played for England U16, U18 and U20.
In 2009, he moved to Nottingham RFC, in RFU Championship before joining Romanian SuperLiga side CSM Olimpia Bucureşti in 2013.
Cobden now plays for Romania's national team, the Oaks, after qualifying through residency, making his international debut at the 2017 Rugby Europe Championship in a match against Belgium where he scored two tries with his first two touches.
5. Dave Sisi (Italy)
Germany-born Sisi, 25, who moved from English club Bath to Italian Pro 14 side Zebre in 2017, made 14 appearances for England's youth side between 2012 and 2013.
He then was called up and made his international debut during the 2019 Six Nations. The lock is of Italian descent and qualifies to play for Italy through his grandparents.
6. Kieran Treadwell (Ireland)
Before joining Irish province Ulster ahead of the 2016–17 Pro12 season, Treadwell played for English side Harlequins, having come through their Academy as a youth.
He qualifies for Ireland through his Irish mother and represented the country at Under-18 level, before representing England at Under-20 level.
On 16 May 2017, when Ireland Head Coach Joe Schmidt named his squad for the 2017 Summer Tour, he gave Treadwell his first senior international call-up.
7. Callum Braley (Italy)
Braley, who was also born in Bristol, was an England age group international from U16 level upwards where, selected for England U20s, his team won the 2013 IRB Junior World Championship with a 23-15 win over Wales in the final held at Vannes, France.
He also skippered the successful defence of England U20s Junior World Championship at the 2014 IRB Junior World Championship. However, after being approached by Conor O'Shea he switched his allegiance to Italy and went onto represent them at the Rugby World Cup.
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