By CONOR MCLARNON

Focus: Doncaster Knights flanker Thom Smith

DONCASTER flanker Thom Smith feels he and his fellow players shoulder the responsibility to win promotion and reward the efforts of the club’s backroom staff.
Smith, 25, once the youngest ever captain for Leicester Tigers, returned to the Knights at the start of this season after a brief spell at Jersey Reds who went into liquidation in 2023.
The Yorkshire side were the only team in the second tier eligible for promotion up to the Premiership last season having received approval from the RFU that their ground Ca...