SALE wing Chris Ashton wants a return to the Test arena for the 2020 Six Nations.
Ashton, who has scored 20 tries in 44 Test appearances, withdrew from England coach Eddie Jones' World Cup squad for family reasons.
Now he says he would welcome the chance to make another comeback after admitting he still feels unfulfilled at international level.
“When I first got in, I planned to be there for a while,” Ashton said. “I've got 44 caps and I hoped for a lot more.”
Ashton had effectively called time on his international career in 2016 by moving to Toulon but he returned from France two years later and earned an England recall after scoring a hat-trick of tries against them for the Barbarians.
On his decision to snub the World Cup, Ashton says he was not prepared to act as back-up to Jonny May and Jack Nowell.
“I did struggle being away from my family at the time but I didn't mind because I wanted to play for England again,” he said.
“The day before we were due to meet up I couldn't make my mind up. Then my wife got pregnant so that was it.
“But if I had been Jonny May, it would have been a very different scenario. My phone call with Eddie was, ‘Jack (Nowell) is injured, you're in'. If I'd been Jonny, I'd have to have gone.
“If Eddie rang I would definitely love to play again. But I'll be 33 in March so we will see.”
