Marcus Smith

Injury-hit Lions in SOS call to Marcus Smith

MARCUS Smith boards a plane to South Africa today in a state of shock and admitting he will need to pinch himself after receiving a dream Lions call up.
The young fly-half sensation was taken off the pitch and told he had been sent an SOS from Warren Gatland to cover for injured Finn Russell in the midst of playing a leading role in helping England to a ten-try trouncing of Canada at Twickenham.
Scotland’s Russell was ruled out of the start of the three-Test battle with the Springboks with an Achilles injury, and Smith’s amazing few weeks of helping Harlequins win the title and gaining hi...

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