Fin Smith – the Northampton out-half with potential to be a perfect 10
Saints star announced himself to Irish fans with a wondrous all-round display in sacking of Thomond Park and is tipped for a long international career
Fin Smith is only 21 but Northampton have complete faith in him
What stood out most from Fin Smith’s extraordinary Thomond Park performance earlier this year, dragging 14 men from almost certain defeat to coruscating victory, was not just what he did – but how he did it.
On a famed turf where dropped goals are steeped in legend – Tony Ward against the All Blacks, Ronan O’Gara against, ironically, Northampton – Smith added to the tapestry with a nerveless punt of his own.
