Where does Marcus Smith fit in England's strongest squad?

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🗓️ 8 November 2021

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Round two of the Autumn Nations Series is in the books and England got their campaign off to a perfect start with a routine win over Tonga at Twickenham.

Joining Brian to reflect on their performance is the former England, Newcastle and Toulon centre Tom May.

The build up to England's game was dominated by who would wear the #10 shirt and in the end it was neither Owen Farrell or Marcus Smith! George Furbank started the game but Smith was the name on everyone's lips after the Harlequins star lit up Twickenham in his second half cameo.

We discuss what role Smith will have once everyone is fit and firing and if Eddie Jones would be willing to drop captain Owen Farrell to accommodate him.

We also round up the rest of the weekend's action as Scotland make it three wins from three over Australia, Wales have their chances of winning ruined by a pitch invader and Ireland put nine tries past Japan in Dublin.

Plus we hear from England Women's coach Simon Middleton after his side thumped New Zealand for the second week in a row, thus cementing their status as the number one ranked side in the world.

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0:00.0	The Telegraph Podcasts.
0:07.0	Hello and welcome to Brian Muzful full contact with the Telegraph.
0:24.0	England kicked off their Autumn Nation series campaign with a routine win over Tonga on Saturday afternoon.
0:29.1	If you can call 11 tries a routine win, there are tougher tests awaiting though, but it was an encouraging start.
0:36.5	Marcus Smith was deemed only fit enough to start from the bench,
0:39.4	but he made a serious impression during the 28 minutes he was on the field.
0:43.4	The Hallequin Star was greeted with a huge reception from the home crowd,
0:46.6	and he didn't disappoint.
0:48.3	We'll be assessing Smith's impact off the bench what role he could play going forward for England,
0:52.4	alongside returning skipper Oyn Farrell,
0:54.2	who was rejoined the squad
0:55.1	following a false positive COVID test.
0:58.3	Elsewhere, we will recap on the thrudding weekend of games around Europe.
1:01.7	Scotland produced a fine display to see off Australia at Murrayfield.
1:05.0	South Africa bludgeoned their way
1:06.5	to victory over Wales in a rain,
1:09.0	so at Cardiff and Ireland,
1:10.7	running nine tries in their win over Japan in Dublin.
1:14.5	England's women produced another impressive performance on Sunday,
1:17.8	beating the World Cup rivals New Zealand once again.
1:20.4	The Red Rose has followed up their emphatic win last week
1:22.5	with a record-breaking win over the Black Ferns
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