England bench Marcus Smith for Italy 6 Nations match

Rugby-England drop Marcus Smith for Six Nations clash with Italy
By Martyn Herman LONDON (Reuters) -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.
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England drop Marcus Smith for Six Nations clash with Italy
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.
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England keen to ‘unleash’ Marcus Smith late on after dropping him to the bench - Fraser Dingwall has also been recalled for his first Test appearance in a year in place of Henry Slade.
England boss Borthwick adamant dropped Marcus Smith still a 'game-changer'
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.
England drop Marcus Smith and Henry Slade for Italy clash; Elliot Daly and Fraser Dingwall start
England have dropped Marcus Smith to the bench for Sunday’s game against Italy with Elliot Daly taking his place at full-back, as first revealed by Telegraph Sport on Tuesday. Daly has come off the bench in England’s last two Six Nations matches and scored the winning try in their 16-15 victory over France.
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