WALES are confident that talisman Alun Wyn Jones will be back firing on all cylinders in a testing summer that pits them against the Grand Slam winners then the world champions.

The Ospreys lock has not played since the Six Nations loss to England because of a foot injury but the talisman will make his comeback in Sunday's return to Twickenham.

Jones has played a full part in training and will lead the charge against Eddie Jones' side and then on the three-Test tour to New Zealand.

The 30-year-old didn't hit his usual high standards in the Six Nations because of the foot problem but Wales believe he will be back to his best this summer.

Forwards coach Robin McBryde said: "He hasn't had rugby in a long while. This game has been put in the diary in order for us to get up to speed, that intensity before we face the All Blacks.

"Anybody who hasn't had that much rugby stands a good chance of being involved against England.

"Alun Wyn has made great strides. More time is going to benefit anybody obviously, but at some stage you are going to have to dip your toe in the water and see you react to games.

"He has progressed. He has followed the medical advice and there is no better professional than Alun Wyn Jones.

"Alun Wyn was frustrated himself in the Six Nations because he couldn't reach the standards that he demands from himself.

"When you have got a player of that ability he sets his own standards. That's great really. From a coaching point of view, you haven't got to say a lot to him. I do hope he will get back up there pretty quick."

While Jones will profit from a hit-out, captain Sam Warburton will sit out the clash in London as he continues his recovery from the shoulder injury he suffered playing for Cardiff Blues against the Ospreys at Principality Stadium.

He is the only specialist openside in Warren Gatland's squad but is on course to wear 7 on his back in the first Test against the All Blacks on Saturday, June 11.

Ross Moriarty is currently in pole position to deputise at Twickenham in a game that McBryde says isn't just about generating revenue in a saturated Test calendar.

The former hooker said: "This game has been put in the diary for bigger things and I don't mean that disrespectfully to England.

"It has been put in there as a stepping stone to play the world champions on their own patch and that is the way we are treating the game.

"It is there for us to have a taste of that intensity. You are not going to play in a much better atmosphere to prepare you in order to go on to New Zealand."