DRAGONS centre Tyler Morgan is determined to turn a Wales call-up into caps this autumn after making a rapid recovery from his "world crashing down" with another injury.

On Tuesday the 23-year-old from Caerleon was selected in Warren Gatland's 37-strong squad for the Tests against Scotland, Australia, Tonga and South Africa.

After being called up along with fellow centres Jonathan Davies, Hadleigh Parkes and Owen Watkin, the Dragon is hungry for Principality Stadium action.

Morgan is no stranger to Test camps but after earning three caps in 2015, against Ireland in the build up to the World Cup then versus Fiji and the Springboks in the tournament, he has made just one more appearance, against Samoa in the summer of 2017.

A dazzling start to last season earned an autumn call-up only for injury to strike against the Ospreys in the last game before he linked up with Gatland's squad.

Misfortune looked to have struck again in September when Morgan suffered a hamstring strain only for the Dragon to stun the region's medical team with a rapid recovery way ahead of schedule, returning in time to catch Gatland's eye.

"I was really chuffed to get the call-up, I worked really hard to get back fit and the timing has been pretty good, I am really excited to get started on Monday," he said.

"I've had a few bad timings of injuries, especially in the autumn, and it felt like the world came crashing down.

"Then I realised that it wasn't that bad, I just got back to work and came back a lot quicker than I thought I would.

"It was a quick recovery because it was originally a five to six-week injury and I came back in three. It feels pretty good."

Morgan was given a national dual contract in 2014 but now, after injury misfortune stalled his progress, he is on a Dragons-only deal.

However, Gatland remains a fan of the elusive runner and now Morgan wants to repay the faith shown in him by the national coaches.

"It's a confidence-booster but it will be better if I go in and get some game time rather than going in and getting injured," he said.

"Fingers crossed I can go into camp, play my game and do what I do. I am just going to go in with a fresh mind.

"It's weird that I only have four caps because I feel that I have quite a bit of experience from within campaigns, because I've been to so many and been on the scene for a few years now.

"It's an honour to be selected and I feel that I can go in and be comfortable in the environment now and not nervous, that I've earned my place."

But this camp will be different – it will be Morgan's first since he was diagnosed with type one diabetes, a condition that is linked to lower body injuries.

"It was nice to have a bit of an explanation about why my foot and my ankle went so easily (last season), and why I had all those niggly injuries," said Morgan, who is studying business at the University of South Wales.

"I would never call myself unlucky with the situation that I am in because it's a dream job and I get to come to work in shorts every day with a smile on my face.

"The diabetes came as a shock but I know how to look after myself now. I inject with insulin every day and check my blood on a little scanner in my arm.

"It's manageable and there are a few professional footballers, rugby players, rowers that do it and it's nothing that is going to impede me.

"Over the last year it felt that I wasn't myself and that I couldn't play my game. I wondered what was wrong and to finally get that answer was a relief, to know that I wasn't just getting rubbish at rugby!

"It's nice to get back on track and getting back in the Welsh squad brings that confidence back."

But before Wales duty calls, Morgan has a job to do in the Dragons' crunch European Challenge Cup clash with Northampton at Rodney Parade on Friday evening (kick-off 7.30pm).

The region started with a comfortable win against Timisoara Saracens in Romania and beating the Saints would give them a shot at qualifying from a solid group that also includes French giants, Top 14 leaders and tournament favourites Clermont Auvergne.

"We build some momentum last week and it was a nice game to start with in Romania to get some confidence, while Northampton will be hurting from Clermont and it should be a good test," said Morgan.

"English sides are always strong in the pack but they have some big backs, especially Taqele Naiyaravoro, while Dan Biggar is running the show at 10.

"Clermont showed that they are beatable – although I'm not comparing us to Clermont! – and we are going to out there with confidence.

"We will have to front up physically and if we are solid in the scrum, lineout and stop their driving maul then our backs can express ourselves with good possession."