Will Greenwood's five northern hemisphere players to watch

Will Greenwood picks out five key players from the northern hemisphere to keep an eye out for over the summer tours.

The home nations' touring parties will be eager to make their mark over the coming weeks and to do so certain individuals need to step up.

Warren Gatland's Wales are going in search of their first ever victory on New Zealand soil and one of Greenwood's five is a man that needs 'the tour of tours' to help drive them towards that goal. 

England are unbeaten under Eddie Jones and the Australian has a number of selection options heading Down Under. Greenwood focuses on two forwards that need to fend off strong competition from others.

Joe Schmidt's injury list is already longer than he would like it to be and there's one absentee whose absence presents a big opportunity to his understudies. 

Play the video at the top of the page to hear, in full, Will Greenwood's five key northern hemisphere players to keep an eye out for this summer.