MARCUS Smith boards a plane to South Africa today in a state of shock and admitting he will need to pinch himself after receiving a dream Lions call up.
The young fly-half sensation was taken off the pitch and told he had been sent an SOS from Warren Gatland to cover for injured Finn Russell in the midst of playing a leading role in helping England to a ten-try trouncing of Canada at Twickenham.
Scotland’s Russell was ruled out of the start of the three-Test battle with the Springboks with an Achilles injury, and Smith’s amazing few weeks of helping Harlequins win the title and gaining his...