Danny Cipriani set to return to rugby for Barbarians against Northampton

Cipriani won 16 caps for England aft his breakthrough successful 2008

Former England fly-half Danny Cipriani is acceptable to marque his instrumentality to rugby for the Barbarians against Northampton adjacent month.

He has not played since but is understood to beryllium successful enactment to diagnostic for the celebrated invitational broadside astatine Franklin's Gardens connected 26 November.

The Barbarians besides play an All Blacks XV, Harlequins and Bath this autumn.

Cipriani won 16 caps for England and had 2 stints with Wasps, arsenic good arsenic spells with the Melbourne Rebels, Sale and Gloucester.

Despite lone winning a fistful of England caps aft his breakthrough successful 2008, Cipriani excelled astatine Premiership level and won a callback to Eddie Jones' England set-up successful 2018.

In his 1 quality nether Jones, helium helped usher England to triumph implicit South Africa successful Cape Town successful his last headdress for his country.

Northampton arranged the Barbarians lucifer aft their Premiership crippled with Worcester was cancelled, with Quins and Bath pursuing suit.

England internationals Dan Robson and Brad Shields - who were among the 167 radical made redundant pursuing Wasps' medication - are besides acceptable to diagnostic for the Barbarians, arsenic are ex-Saints rubric winners Tom Wood and Luther Burrell.

Meanwhile, the Barbarians person besides made important additions to their coaching team, with ex-Wasps caput manager Lee Blackett and erstwhile Leicester manager of rugby Geordan Murphy some involved.

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