Former British and Irish Lion Will Greenwood believes Jordan Turner-Hall is the man to bring some much-needed colour to England following a drab World Cup exit.

While Martin Johnson’s charges were limping away from New Zealand with their tails between their legs, Turner-Hall couldn’t be further away on the other end of the spectrum.

Having started every league game this season the 23-year-old has been influential as Harlequins sit pretty atop the Premiership with eight wins from eight.

This earned the centre a chance to put pen to paper at the Stoop and will now stay at the club until 2014, having made his debut for the club five years ago.

But while he has been a mainstay in the Quins set up, Turner-Hall has found breaking his way into the England side much harder, having been called up for uncapped Tests against the Barbarians this year and in 2009.

However Greenwood, who won the World Cup with England in 2003, insists that if he continues this season like he started it, all that could change sooner rather than later with Mike Tindall, Shontayne Hape and Matt Bahanan failing to shine under bright World Cup lights.

“I first played with Jordan Turner-Hall back in 2005 when we got relegated with Quins which obviously wasn’t any easy introduction to life in rugby for him,”

said Greenwood, who announced this week he will represent the northern hemisphere at the Heroes Rugby Challenge, supported by J.P. Morgan on December 3 at Twickenham.

“But since then he has just gone from strength to strength and has quickly established himself as one of Quins’ most important players.

“And this season is no different as Quins are flying and he has certainly played his part in that.

“He is continuing to grow from strength to strength and has become a real leader of that Quins side with the likes of Chris Robshaw and Nick Easter.

“Whoever is in charge of England once all is said and done will obviously be working with a blank sheet of paper and they will be looking for young, hungry guys to play and you can’t go far wrong by looking at Jordan.

“If you want guys to step up internationally and do so with no fear then he has to be at the top of the list.”

Turner-Hall has not been a one-man wrecking machine for Quins and his partner in crime, fellow centre George Lowe, has also played every minute of their perfect season so far.

The dynamic duo both started life in Quins’ much revered academy and Greenwood is adamant it is this understanding that makes them so dangerous.

“Jordan and George have formed a great partnership and they have been doing some great things together at the moment,” he added.

“They are obviously the dynamic duo in the top club in the Premiership at the moment and I would expect that if you threw them on a pitch in an England shirt then they would both do pretty well too.

“The pair came up from that great Quins academy that they have down there and are just a couple of the England boys that are down there and that early time together obviously played a big part in them forming a strong partnership.

“They have started really well but the Heineken Cup will be a different challenge and an altogether different test.

“They get to go up against the best players in the world in Europe’s premier competition but the way they have started they should be just fine.”

Will Greenwood will be playing for an all star northern hemisphere XV in the Heroes Rugby Challenge on Saturday 3 December at Twickenham Stadium. The match aims to raise money for Help for Heroes. Ticket prices start at £30 for adults, £10 for under 16’s. For more information please visit heroesrugby.org.uk