Smith fullback experiment over:
Brown wrote: “You can’t build a style by swapping Marcus Smith and Freddie Steward around at full back every week because they’re so different.
“I don’t think Smith is the long-term full back. He has not played in any really testing games. Fiji tested him a little bit and he didn’t pass the test for me. His decision-making at the back was exposed a few times and you can’t get away with that against the top teams.”
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