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Marcus Smith excited by room for improvement after series win in Australia

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Marcus Smith admits that sharpening the attack is the priority for the autumn as England celebrate a hard-fought series victory over Australia.

Eddie Jones’ tourists claimed the second and third Tests to emulate the tour of 2016 by toppling the Wallabies in their own back yard, but they rarely only sporadically with the ball in hand.

England are attempting to reshape their attack as part of a reboot that began a year ago, playing through phases and limiting their reliance on kicking.

It has yet to produce the fireworks hoped for and with the World Cup just 14 months away, Smith believes it is time to start launching the threequarters “This series has been a brilliant foundation and then on the back of that is our attacking game,” the Harlequins fly-half said. “With the players we have got we can score loads of tries.

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