Fin Smith may have the edge over Marcus Smith after Steve Borthwick spoke highly of the Northampton fly-half
’s loyal supporters is which of the Smiths will be thrown the No 10 jersey for the tour Tests in Dunedin and Auckland next month, via a warm-up with Japan in Tokyo next week.at the stadium, but there was not much sense of Marcus Smith being the likelier starter – even though the Harlequin is, by a margin of 30 caps, the senior man.
Borthwick also volunteered a story from soon after he took the England job in December 2022, and meeting the then 20-year-old who had joined Northampton from the financial wreckage of Worcester a couple of months beforehand.It was in a hotel near Oxford whose bland surroundings have formed in Borthwick’s memory as a contrast to the positive energy he encountered in the son of two Scots who had already declared his intended future by playing for England’s Under-20s.
Borthwick added: “That gives the ability that potentially there is a situation where Fin and Marcus are on the pitch together. To have two players like that at our disposal is terrific and I’m looking forward to working with them this summer.”
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