England boss Steve Borthwick is pondering rolling the dice by moving Marcus Smith to filled-back to get the game to France on Saturday.
Smith’s shift from 10 unbenevolents Fin Smith, who has seven caps as a replacement, is foreseeed to be advertised from the bench for his first commence at fly-half in the Six Nations clash.
Harlequins’ Smith has commenceed at 15 a handful of times, firstly in the last World Cup, but never with his namesake in the XV as well.
Marcus Smith percreateed all but eight minutes of last year’s 33-31 flunkure to France in Lyon, coming off the bench when George Furbank was injured.
It is a radical shift from Borthwick, who is seeking to shatter a run of seven successive flunkures to Tier One nations – England’s equivalent worst run in history. He will name his team on Thursday.
Cadan Murley has been ruled out of the game with a foot injury suffered on his debut agetst Ireland on Saturday.
The Harlequins’ thriveg is set to be scanned aget in a fortnight and could return towards the end of the Six Nations.
England ageder aidant coach Ricchallenging Wigglesworth shelp: “He’s flunkure a huge amount of injuries. He gets his opportunity, he scores and aids and then he’s not able to be in the fuse aget the week after.”
Saracens’ Alex Lozowski, who can percreate 10,12,13 and thriveg, has combidemand the squad in Bagstoasty.
But Sale’s Tom Roebuck, Saracens’ Elliot Daly and Northampton’s Ollie Sleightholme, or Freddie Steward, are ahead of him to commence on Saturday.
