MARCUS Smith is still 19, and the Harlequins flyhalf is eligible for the England U20 side that will compete in the World Junior Championships in France at the end of this month.
Having been one of the “apprentices“ attached to the England squad by Eddie Jones, Smith has not been selected for the South Africa tour but is instead earmarked for the Barbarians match on Sunday.
This will probably rule him out of U20 contention, especially as he has not played age group rugby for England this season. The same is true of 18-year-old Sale fly-half Cameron Redpath, who has been extracted...