Marcus Smith scores dramatic winning try for Harlequins

The 22-year-old had the final say as the fly-half superbly kicked a penalty to the corner and skipped past five Irish defenders to score the winner from the resulting line-out.

Smith's rapid rise shows no signs of slowing down – it took barely a year for him to go from captaining Brighton College in an unbeaten season to involvement in the senior England squad. The Harlequins star, who balances flair with good game management, looks like the obvious choice to be Eddie Jones next number 10.

DID YOU KNOW? Marcus became the second-youngest Premiership debutant in history, behind George Ford, when making his Harlequins bow against London Irish aged 18 years and 200 days in September 2017

Atkinson has impressed in the Wasps first-team recently, and has been part of England's shadow squad for the 2021 Six Nations. Rugby runs in the family for this talented number 10 with Dad Ian playing for Tynedale RFC, Northumberland and also having England U18 trials.

DID YOU KNOW? Atkinson began his rugby journey at Oxford RFC, aged five.

Smith became the second-youngest player to play for Warriors in the Gallagher Premiership when he made his debut as a replacement against Gloucester Rugby at Kingsholm in February. At 18 years and 292 days, Smith became only the second 18-year-old to play for Warriors in the top flight with lock Graham Kitchener the youngest, at 18 years and 195 days, when he played against Wasps in April 2008.

DID YOU KNOW? Following Smith’s debut, England centre Ollie Lawrence drops to third in the list of Warriors’ youngest Premiership players.

The Aussie has come under fire for consistently ignoring Simmonds, who captained Exeter to a Premiership and European Cup double last season. Name-checking him, his time now may finally come this summer. Like his older brother Sam, Simmonds has come through the Chiefs academy system at Ivybridge Community College - and he's previously represented England at age group level, including the Under-20s in the Six Nations Championship.

DID YOU KNOW? Simmonds was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2021 New Year Honours for services to rugby union football