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The four No10s Fin Smith is currently taking inspiration from


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Fin Smith has revealed the names of the four rival out-halves – one Scot, two English, and one New Zealander – that he currently looks to for inspiration.

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The 21-year-old is enjoying his breakthrough year with England, having been capped twice off the bench during the recent Guinness Six Nations, while he has also led the charge that has taken Northampton to the top of the Gallagher Premiership.

They also reached the semi-finals of the Investec Champions Cup, losing narrowly last Saturday to Leinster in Dublin.

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Smith helped rally his team in that fixture, fighting their way back from a 3-20 early second-half deficit to rattle the Irish side by closing to three points with six frantic minutes remaining.

Northampton ultimately couldn’t save themselves but ahead of this Saturday’s resumption of the Premiership, a game at home to Gloucester on the day of Smith’s 22nd birthday, the young out-half has revealed the four rival No10s that he keeps tabs on to help develop his own game.

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Appearing on the latest episode of The Rugby Pod, he explained: “Finn Russell is always someone I have looked at and taken a lot of learning off.

“His highlights reel stuff is great, but I actually think there is a lot of the game management things he does and the tactical kicking and things like that he is probably the best in the world at.

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“Obviously the two English guys, George (Ford) and Marcus (Smith) at the moment have been great and I have learned loads from them.

“And the other one that I say I watch a lot of is Richie Mo’unga. He is a real athlete and can do everything, to be honest. There is a load of good 10s out there at the moment but these are some of the ones I look up to.”

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Nations Championship: 'The data shows the north has finally caught up with the south'

The Six Nations produced so many compelling games and so much of action packed moments that you can only conclude that its the best international comp out there at the moment except for a world cup. If Wales improve it will be even better especially given the strides Italy have made in recent times. The Rugby Championship is now taking a hiatus in a year it really should be building toward something better which is terrible considering the competition was so tight last year. The Nations Champs promises much but one gets the feeling that the 6 Nations teams will not be at their peak given its at the end of their long season. In terms of rugby quality and entertainment Id rather watch the 6 Nations over everything else other than a world cup right now. The North arguably offers more in terms of entertainment than the South at club level as well. The Prem, the Champs Cup, URC and Top 14 all feature plenty of scoring and different playing styles while Super Rugby seems to be the same thing game in game out. While the South tries to speed up the game artificially with new trials and law variations the North has shown you can do it with good refereeing which penalises cynical play harshly and encourages positive actions on the field. In terms of entertainment the North wins. In terms of winning? They are making strides but until they win another world cup or get a team to rank number 1 again for an extended time again they cant really say they are better than the South.

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