NICK CAIN
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MARCUS Smith has played more than a season of Premiership rugby for Harlequins. With that experience under his belt it is a fair assumption that had the promising young fly-half stayed with the England U20 squad competing in the 2019 World Rugby U20 Championship in Argentina, he could have made a significant difference in their opening game against Ireland.
Instead, Smith was drafted into the uncapped England XV that beat the Barbarians in the jamboree end-ofseason match at Twickenham last Sunday, even though there were a ha...