Marcus Smith came off the bench to score one of England's seven tries as they beat Italy 47-24 at Twickenham on Sunday in a bonus-point win that maintained their slender Six Nations title hopes heading into next weekend's final round.
Marcus Smith came off the bench to score one of England's seven tries as they beat Italy 47-24 for a bonus-point win at Twickenham on Sunday that maintained their slender Six Nations title hopes heading into next weekend's final round.
England ended an open first half where they outscored Italy three tries to two narrowly ahead at 21-17 after Tom Willis, Tommy Freeman and Ollie Sleightholme all crossed the Azzurri line. Fin Smith landed six out of seven conversions, his only miss coming following Earl's score when England had long since won the game.
However, on Sunday Marcus Smith was on the bench only to come on in the ninth minute when centre Ollie Lawrence went off injured after catching his foot awkwardly in the turf. However, after Garbisi missed a simple penalty, a superbly weighted grubber kick from Elliot Daly, who moved to midfield from full-back following Lawrence's injury, allowed the sprinting Freeman to score a try.They moved the ball quickly off the top of a line-out, with Capuozzo gliding through the England defence before finding Ross Vintcent, with the No 8 outsprinting the cover for a converted try.
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