The saga of Marcus Smith has another compelling chapter. Across the last 12 months, the fly-half-cum-full-back-cum-bench-impact-man has been a figure of rich fascination – in this enigmatic England side,

England have dropped Marcus Smith for Sunday's Six Nations clash against Italy at Twickenham with Elliot Daly replacing him as coach Steve Borthwick makes three changes to the line-up that began the narrow victory over Scotland.

England coach Steve Borthwick insists Marcus Smith can remain a "game-changer" despite dropping him to the bench for Sunday's Six Nations clash against Italy at Twickenham. He's a game-changer.