MARCUS SMITH has been entrusted with the fly-half duties for England’s Six Nations clash with France after Steve Borthwick made the bombshell decision to drop captain Owen Farrell today.

Farrell has been demoted to the bench for the first time since 2015 for tomorrow’s Twickenham showdown with the Grand Slam champions.

Ellis Genge is named captain for the first time in place of Farrell but there are no further changes to the starting XV that toppled Wales in round three.