Born in the Philippines, he represents England at international level after qualifying on ancestry grounds and residency having lived in the UK since the age of 13.

[1][2][3] Born in the Philippines to an English father and a Filipina mother,[4] Smith started playing rugby union at the age of seven for Centaurs RFC when his family moved to Singapore.

[5] He moved to the United Kingdom at the age of thirteen and subsequently received a sports scholarship to attend Brighton College, where he captained the school's 1st XV.

[10] Smith was named in the 12-man senior squad,[11] alongside another Brighton College graduate Calum Waters, for the 2017 Singha Premiership Rugby Sevens at Franklin's Gardens.

Smith scored two tries against London Irish[12] on the first day and assisted Harlequins in reaching the club semi-final before losing out to Newcastle Falcons.

[14] Two weeks later, Smith gave a Man-of-the-Match performance against Wasps, helping to end the home side's 20-match winning streak at Ricoh Arena.

[26] In May 2017, Smith took part in a training session with the elite senior England squad, during their 3-day camp at Brighton College, in preparation for the Old Mutual Wealth Cup match against the Barbarians and their summer tour to Argentina.

He played a full match at fly-half against South Africa on 20 November, kicking three conversions and two penalties, one in the last minute to give England the victory by a single point.

In the absence of Owen Farrell through injury and George Ford not in the original squad, Smith started at number 10 and his performance was highly praised.

However many were surprised that, despite this and England's early dominance, coach Eddie Jones decided to replace Smith after 60 minutes despite his having scored a try and made four successful kicks.

[43] Throughout the tournament, Smith made his international debut at full back having seemingly fallen to third choice at fly half behind George Ford and England Captain Owen Farrell.

It meant that he was likely to miss the Six Nations tournament in what England attack coach Richard Wigglesworth admitted would be a "blow" to the team's chances.

Having replaced George Furbank at full back early on, he scored a try at the Parc Olympique Lyonnais at England narrowly lost 33-31 in France after a late penalty from Thomas Ramos.