WATCH: Marcus Smith throws dummy before running in fantastic try

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Saturday, 23 October 2021 at 18:49
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Just when you think there's nothing on, Marcus Smith always comes up with a piece of magic and scored another terrific try for Harlequins against Bath today. We're starting to get used to seeing that trademark punch in the air.
Premiership champions Quins made it four bonus-point wins from five games as they came from behind to beat Bath 21-17 at The Stoop.

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Marcus Smith facts: Eight things you didn’t know…

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#1. Early life

Smith was born in Manila in the Philippines and picked up the game at the age of 7 with Centaurs RFC when his family decided to move to Singapore, he learnt the game there before moving to Sussex as a 13-year old. He has two younger brothers, Luc and Tomas.
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#2. International roots

His Dad, Jeremy Smith lived in Hong Kong from 1992-97, playing for Valley and the national side at fly-half.
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#3. Standout at school

The naturally gifted playmaker received a sports scholarship to attend Brighton College where he studied maths, politics and business while going on to achieve great things on the rugby pitch as he captained the school's 1st XV en route to an unbeaten campaign.

#4. Young-star

At just 18 years of age and 200 days, he made his Premiership debut at Twickenham to become the youngest fly-half to start in the top flight since a 17-year old George Ford.

#5. Rejection

Smith turned down the chance to join the Team GB training squad ahead of the Olympic Games due to be held in Japan this summer.
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#6. Nickname

Known to many of his teammates as Smudge, which is the traditional military nickname for anyone with the surname Smith.

#7. Rugby hero

He has pored over YouTube and asked Harlequins analysts for footage of Dan Carter’s stint at Japanese club Kobelco Steelers between 2018 and 2020.
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#8. International debut

On 2 June 2019 Smith made his England XV debut against the Barbarians. During the game, Smith contributed 26 points which included his first try for the full team. The final score was 51-43 to England. Smith was awarded Man of the Match for his outstanding performance.
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