Marcus Smith vows to keep on smiling as Harlequins target Twickenham outing

Sign up to our free sport newsletter for all the latest news on everything from cycling to boxing Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Harlequins star Marcus Smith has vowed that the Gallagher Premiership’s great entertainers will perform “with a smile on our face” when they target a place in this season’s Twickenham final. Champions Exeter or resurgent Sale await at Twickenham next week, and victory over Bristol could see Smith back there eight days later for a widely expected England debut against the United States. We will back ourselves to go down there and give our best 80-minute performance.” Smith has been in and around England squads under head coach Eddie Jones but, given current form, it would be a major surprise if he is not promoted to starting duty for next month’s Twickenham appointments with the United States and Canada. With England captain Owen Farrell on the British and Irish Lions’ South Africa tour and George Ford rested from Test duty this summer, it offers Jones a golden opportunity to let Smith run the show.