All news on the topic: Marcus Smith

ENGLAND 23-22 IRELAND: Saturday evening's showdown at Twickenham went the distance and ended in the most dramatic circumstances with the title also set to be decided during the final games

England will begin their Six Nations in Rome with George Ford chosen to start at fly-half by Steve Borthwick as he hands debuts to Fraser Dingwall and Ethan Roots

Talented fly-half, 24, is awaiting scan results after suffering a leg in training in national side's training camp in Italy, just six days before their opening fixture.

England have a wretched recent record against Scotland in the Six Nations but Marcus Smith is determined to wrestle back the Calcutta Cup when their rivalry resumes

Harlequins 19-47 Toulouse: Europe's biggest rugby club flexes its muscles to demolish Londoners in south-west London

“Since coming back from the World Cup George has been more authoritative than he even was in the past. Seemingly the more you put on him the more he’s able to shoulder"

With no Owen Farrell available for the upcoming Six Nations, attention turns to whether George Ford or Marcus Smith will make their mark in England's fly-half civil war

The last Englishman to take charge of rugby union's biggest match reveals concerns he had in 2007 that Wayne Barnes would quit refereeing

Curry’s club Sale today hit out at the “disgusting abuse” to which he has been subjected since alleging he was racially abused in the semi-final loss to South Africa

'England are nobody’s fools but they’re up against a coaching team and a side whose modus operandi is to change things and absolutely rewrite the book of what is possible'

Freddie Steward, Joe Marler and George Martin given World Cup semi-final starts as England spread experience across their 23 to counter Boks' 'so-called Bomb Squad'

Steve Borthwick has recalled Freddie Steward to the England starting XV for the Rugby World Cup semi-final against South Africa with Marcus Smith dropped from the squad

Borthwick is set to give Freddie Steward the nod against South Africa this weekend after Smith suffered a head-on-head collision against Fiji

“He’s a brave guy and not just because he’s physically tough. Brave because to be put in like that on a world stage in a quarter-final and deliver what he delivered was an absolute credit to him”

England 30-24 Fiji: England captain vindicates selection as coach Steve Borthwick takes thinly veiled swipe at Red Rose doubters

Some of the English rugby stars are taking their wives and girlfriends along with them to Paris this weekend for moral support, but who are the English rugby WAGS and what do they do for a living?

England will play Fiji in Marseille in Sunday's Rugby World Cup quarter-final clash with Steve Borthwick's side out to avenge their summer defeat to the same side

Marcus Smith will start at fullback for England when they take on Fiji with Owen Farrell getting the nod ahead of George Ford at fly-half for the World Cup quarter-final

Smith is set to start for just his second ever start at full-back in the quarter-final but Chris Ashton is confident he will deliver an excellent display

Rugby world braced for major impact as England's "scary" wrecking ball centre comes up against hard-hitting country of his birth in Pool D finale

“These are the games that we live for. If we win we automatically qualify for the next World Cup so it’s massive for us. We want to beat England more than anything"

Ireland v England: World Cup warm-up match, Aviva Stadium Dublin, Saturday 5.30pm

England 19-17 Wales: Forgotten fly-half rescues England to put himself in line for starting role in France

Steve Borthwick named Owen Farrell, George Ford and Marcus Smith in his England squad for the Rugby World Cup with regulars Henry Slade and Alex Dombrandt ousted

Alex Dombrandt has also been left disappointed as England reward Joe Marchant and Lewis Ludlam for their performances in otherwise dismal 20-9 Cardiff loss to Wales