With this long-awaited win, after 10 months of failure against top opposition, England reversed out of a cul de sac and onto a fork in the road; one with two ways ahead, with Fin Smith or Marcus ...

But Borthwick has backed Marcus Smith to ... him all day to kick the ball over from wherever. “He’s one of my closest mates in camp. We get on really well away from rugby.

Marcus Smith will kick for goal against Scotland despite a pair of misses in the second half of England’s 26-25 victory over France. Steve Borthwick, who has made a single change to his starting ...

“It was really enjoyable and then obviously I got the phone call from Faz to do both roles and it would obviously have to be ...

Marcus Smith is using a breathing technique ... Apart from changing his boots and the kicking tee, Smith learned to control his breathing – a skill he will be using when the All Blacks visit ...

Born to Suzanna and Jeremy, his Filipino mother and British father, in February 1999, Smith spent the first eight years of ...