Kevin Sorrell has aimed a cheeky broadside in England's direction after Saracens' ignored homegrown stars helped achieve what Brian Ashton's men failed to do in the Six Nations - beat Wales.

On Sunday the Men in Black destroyed an Ospreys team - Wales by any other name with a dozen of its Grand Slam winners in the starting line up - to reach the Heineken Cup semi finals.

Saracens included ten English players - 11 if you include eligible fly half Glen Jackson - in their starting XV yet all were overlooked by England for both its senior and second string Six Nations squads earlier this year.

"We knew we had to go out there on the front foot and we beat what was effectively the Wales team. Maybe we should enter a team in next year's Six Nations," said Sorrell. "We were a bit embarrassed after our defeat to them in Cardiff as we weren't the team we know we can be, whereas on Sunday we were exactly what we strived for."

Richard Hill, Sarries' most decorated red rose bearer after helping them lift the 2003 World Cup, earned the man-of-the-match award on Sunday while centre Andy Farrell, hooker Matt Cairns, lock Hugh Vyvyan and number eight Ben Skirving have won only a clutch of senior caps between them.

Sorrell, once a mainstay of the England A side and part of the team that won last summer's Churchill Cup, has never won a senior cap despite representing England at several other levels along with Kris Chesney, Paul Gustard and Richard Haughton, three players that played a vital role in victory over Ospreys with a mix of brutal tackling and searing pace.

Wing wizard Haughton's electric display even earned a ringing endorsement by Sarries director of rugby Alan Gaffney after the game, the Aussie backing him for an England call ahead of their brief summer tour to New Zealand.

Meanwhile, outstanding loose-head prop Nick Lloyd has yet to taste international honours of any description despite being eligible to play for both England and Scotland while Sarries' New Zealand Maori number ten, the irrepressible Jackson is, it appears, deemed unfit to lace the boots of Jonny Wilkinson or Danny Cipriani despite looking odds on to win back-to-back Premiership Golden Boot gongs.

Adam Powell, another English player in the Sarries ranks, has been tipped for a bright future by Sorrell after the youngster smashed Ospreys centre Gavin Henson all over the pitch upon replacing the injured Andy Farrell in the first half.

"I think Adam has got the potential to come through and go as high as he wants in the game," said Sorrell of his young midfield partner. "He's a very talented individual and is prepared to work hard, and I think those two aspects put him in good stead for a bright future."