Marcus continues to live the dream as joker in the Lions pack

BRENDAN GALLAGHER VERDICT
Fast tempo: Scrum-half Ali PriceOK, it was ‘only’ a seriously under-strength Stormers, shorn of all their South Africa squad players, but that was a supremely confident Lions debut from Marcus Smith last night when it was probably a dead heat between him and Luke Cowan-Dickie for MOM honours.You don’t need to be Mystic Meg to know that one way or another Smith will play some part in the forthcoming series against the Boks. It’s written in the stars even if the presence of Dan Biggar, Owen Farrell and hopefully a restored Finn Russell wo...

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