“I reckon I’m a six-and-a-half,” says Marcus Smith, with disarming precision ... because of a failed post-race inspection. Oklahoma City overcame a sizzling shooting effort from the ...

As Marcus Smith told Telegraph Sport before the Six Nations, he sees himself a specialist fly-half who now finds himself at full-back while George Ford is stuck on 98 caps outside the matchday squad.

Marcus Smith has been set a fascinating target: to outstrip the fame and following of Ilona Maher, whose status as a rugby player with a profile far beyond the game has made her name a benchmark ...