"I feel like now is a good time [to play international rugby],” he told the BBC Rugby Union Weekly podcast. “I feel like I would back myself if I got put into that environment, if I got put into the team. I would be happy to go on the [summer] tour.”"
"Maybe the autumn or the Six Nations would have been a bit of a rush,” Caluori said. “But I feel like I got handled well during the autumn and the Six Nations, putting me into England 'A' to experience that level as well as enjoying my time with the Under-20s, and going on a bit of a physical development plan was good."
"If I were to play [for England] earlier this year it would have been a rush, but now is a good time, especially experiencing this run-in with everything on the line for Saracens. It shows how [critical] every result is, and that's similar to a Test match g"
"The 19-year-old has scored 18 tries in the Prem this campaign, just two short of Sam Simmonds' regular-season record from 2021. Caluori trained with Steve Borthwick's senior squad before the autumn internationals and is now targeting a Test debut this summer."
Noah Caluori, a 19-year-old Saracens winger, believes he is ready to step up to international rugby after a breakthrough season. He has scored 18 tries in the Premiership, narrowly missing Sam Simmonds’ 2021 regular-season record. Caluori trained with Steve Borthwick’s senior squad before the autumn internationals and is now aiming for a Test debut during the summer tour. England will play South Africa in Johannesburg on 4 July, then face Fiji at Everton’s Hill Dickinson Stadium a week later, before traveling to Santiago del Estero to play the Pumas on 18 July. After scoring five tries on his Saracens debut, he earned an autumn call-up and an England ‘A’ appearance, while Six Nations involvement was replaced by England Under-20s and a physical development plan.
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