A busy international period sees all four Home Nations departing on overseas tours, while England Saxons and the A sides from Ireland and Scotland are in action at the Barclays Churchill Cup in Canada and the USA.
Argentina provide the opposition for Scotland, while the Pumas A side will also be involved at the Churchill Cup, and Alesana Tuilagi's Samoa take part in a six-team Pacific Nations tournament against the likes of Fiji and Australia A.
Which Tigers are going where?
For England, Tom Croft, Ben Kay and Tom Varndell all tour with the senior side to New Zealand, while Richard Blaze, Jordan Crane, George Chuter and Ollie Smith will feature for the Saxons.
Geordan Murphy flew to New Zealand to join his Ireland team-mates immediately after the Guinness Premiership Final last weekend and has since been named on the bench for the Test against the All Blacks this Saturday.
Current Tigers Ian Humphreys and Frank Murphy, who will be joining Magners League sides Ulster and Connacht respectively on their return, are in action for Ireland A, although full back Johne Murphy has been forced to withdraw from the squad due to injury.
Dave Young is also taking part in the Churchill Cup with Scotland A, as is Ignacio Mires for the Argentina Pumas, while Marcos Ayerza starts for Argentina’s senior side against Scotland’s first team on Saturday and Alesana Tuilagi could fly to Fiji for Samoa's Pacific Nations opener.
Away from senior rugby, a number of young Tigers will be representing England this summer. Gregor Gillanders and Ben Youngs are in the U-20 squad for this month’s IRB World Junior Championships in Wales, with four members of next year’s academy set-up preparing to tour Argentina with the U-18 side.
Andrew Forsyth, Sam Harrison and Will Hurrell have all been named in former Newcastle boss’ John Fletcher’s first U-18 squad after impressive performances in the recent Six Nations Festival, while academy newcomer Joe Cobden, who joins Tigers ahead of next season, is also included.
England U-18 play four games against Mendoza, Tucuaman, Buenos Aires and an international test against Argentina. The dates and venues for these fixtures are still to be confirmed but England will be in Argentina from July 14 to August 6.
Internationals fixtures this summer.
Friday, June 6
IRB U-20 Junior World Championships
England vs Fiji 19:00
Saturday, June 7
Argentina vs Scotland, 20:10
New Zealand vs Ireland, 8:35
South Africa vs Wales, 14:00
Fiji vs Samoa
NZ Maori vs Tonga
Barclays Churchill Cup
Canada vs Scotland A, 21:00
England Saxons vs USA, 18:00
Sunday, June 8
Japan vs Australia A
Tuesday, June 10
IRB U-20 Junior World Championship
England vs Canada 17:00
Wednesday, June 11
Barclays Churchill Cup
Argentina vs Scotland A, 21:30
USA vs Ireland A
Saturday, June 14
Argentina vs Scotland, 20:10
Australia vs Ireland, 11:05
New Zealand vs England, 8:35
South Africa vs Wales, 15:00
Fiji vs NZ Maori
Samoa vs Australia A
Barclays Churchill Cup
Canada vs Argentina, 21:00
England Saxons vs Ireland A, 19:00
IRB U-20 Junior World Championship
England vs Australia 14:30
Sunday, June 15
Japan vs Tonga
Saturday, June 21
New Zealand vs England, 8:35
NZ Maori vs Samoa
Japan vs Fiji
Barclays Churchill Cup
Finals Day
Sunday, June 22
Australia A vs Tonga
Saturday, June 28
Tonga vs Samoa
NZ Maori vs Japan
Sunday, June 29
Australia A vs Fiji
Saturday, July 5
Tonga vs Fiji
Samoa vs Japan
Sunday, July 6
Australia A vs NZ Maori
NB All kick offs are UK Time
England’s knock-out fixtures in the IRB U-20 Junior World Championships will be confirmed after the completion of the group stages.
The Tri Nations begins on Saturday, July 5 and finishes on Saturday, September 13
