England’s Fin Smith facing make-or-break fitness test before Australia clash

Northampton fly-half Fin Smith will undergo a fitness test on Wednesday to determine whether he can play the No 10 role in England's autumn opener against Australia on Sunday, having sustained a calf injury in Northampton's derby defeat by Leicester last month. England head coach Steve Borthwick has been monitoring Smith's recovery with cautious optimism. Smith's Northampton half-back partner Alex Mitchell has been ruled out of England's entire autumn Nations Championship campaign due to a hamstring injury.