NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK MARCUS Smith has played more than a season of Premiership rugby for Harlequins. With that experience under […]
By NEALE HARVEY Kicking coach: Wilkinson TEENAGE protégé Marcus Smith believes the hard-nosed edge gained during a remarkable 18 months at the Premiership coalface with […]
By ADAM HATHAWAY Master and apprentice: Evans and Smith HARLEQUINS’ assistant coach Nick Evans has been clocking up the hours in front of the laptop […]
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Low centre of gravity: Quins Ben Tapuai evades Byron McGuigan to score their third try PICTURES: Getty Images Challenge: Josh Beaumont is […]
By NEALE HARVEY Harlequins playmaker: Marcus Smith scores against Exeter PICTURE: Getty Images ENGLAND SQUAD Forwards: Josh Basham (London Irish) Ben Curry (Sale Sharks) Beck […]
By NEALE HARVEY Speed demon: Gabriel Ibitoye JET-HEELED winger Gabriel Ibitoye is taking inspiration from club-mate Marcus Smith as he aims to cement a first […]
FORMER England fullback Jon Callard wants Red Rose supremo Eddie Jones to blood fly-half Marcus Smith alongside Owen Farrell as a potential World Cup option. […]
Partners for club and country: Danny Care and Marcus Smith in England training MARCUS Smith’s new contract has been hailed as “great business for Harlequins” […]
By RONAN O’BRIEN European Champions Cup JOHN Cooney scored 27 points as six-try Ulster punished Harlequins late on at Kingspan Stadium to claim back-to-back Champions […]
MARCUS Smith’s gamemanagement in the face of blitz defence will be one of the defining factors in whether he makes the transition from teenage protégé […]
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE…EVERY WEEK In the spotlight: Harlequins new young star Marcus Smith PICTURE: Getty Images We shouldn’t be surprised any more when […]
England legend Danny Care feels it is “frightening” to consider just how good the national team can become. Care called time on his glittering international […]
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE… EVERY WEEK THE contest between the 9-10 pairings of Leinster’s Jamison Gibson-Park and Ross Byrne and Northampton’s Alex Mitchell and […]
READING letters, Sunday 14/4, Alec Jones makes a very valid point re Newcastle’s non relegation. Then alongside I see Exeter is pilfering Jimmy Roots from […]
Paul Rees looks ahead to the Champions Cup semi-finals where Quins and Saints are facing an uphill battle BEFORE this season’s Champions Cup started, there […]
Northampton pair Courtney Lawes and Fin Smith, and Harlequins fly-half Marcus Smith have been nominated for the Champions Cup player of the year award. Leinster […]
By BEN JAYCOCK Harlequins face the toughest run-in of the Premiership’s top four contenders and director of rugby Billy Millard knows he must shore up […]
By NICK POWELL FORMER England captain and scrumhalf Matt Dawson says skipper Jamie George has been the “catalyst” for the country’s recent turnaround. World Cup […]
Former England captain and scrum-half Matt Dawson has praised skipper Jamie George as the “catalyst” for the country’s recent turnaround, and backed his former club […]
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE… EVERY WEEK ENGLAND and New Zealand, who meet in a two-Test series this summer, find themselves in similar places due […]
By BEN JAYCOCK Charles Piutau feels England’s decision to drop Freddie Steward in favour of George Furbank at full-back shows the embarrassment of riches Steve […]
ALL the top sports players have one standout quality – composure – which George Ford has in abundance, along with his stoicism! A masterful player, […]
BASED on performances in 2024 Six Nations Championship and potential retirees, how about this as a potential Lions touring squad to Australia in 2025, with […]
From ADAM HATHAWAY at Twickenham Jamie George last night admitted that derailing Ireland’s Grand Slam hopes was one of the greatest days of his career […]
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE… EVERY WEEK ENGLAND will be disappointed with the result at Murrayfield and will look at the Scotland game as a […]
By LOUIS CHAPMAN-COOMBE England assistant coach Richard Wigglesworth insists widespread change isn’t the solution to their attacking woes following last weekend’s Calcutta Cup disaster. England’s […]