England
After declining to join the 2019 U-20 team, Smith instead made his non-capped England debut on 2 June 2019 against the Barbarians. [37] During the game, Smith contributed 26 points, including a try towards a 51–43 victory for England and was awarded Man of the Match for his performance. [38]
On 4 July 2021, Smith made his full England test debut against the United States, contributing 13 points, including a try, in a 43–29 victory. [39] He earned his second start against Canada six days later, with a faultless kicking display in a 70–14 win for England. [40]
In the 2021 Autumn rugby union internationals Smith scored a try as a second-half replacement against Tonga on 6 November, and kicked five conversions. He started the match against Australia the following week as fly-half but often stood outside Owen Farrell until Farrell went off injured in the second half. 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.
England's 2022 Six Nations season opened with the Calcutta Cup fixture away at Murrayfield in Edinburgh on 5 February. 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. In the subsequent Six Nations game against Italy, Smith played for the full 80 minutes and scored England's first try and was awarded Man of the Match, an accolade he was again awarded in their next game against Wales. Smith was the highest point scorer for the 2022 Six Nations Championship.
In August 2023, England Head Coach Steve Borthwick selected Smith for the 2023 Rugby World Cup. [41] 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. Smith played at full back throughout the tournament including England's quarter final victory over Fiji, as they went on to finish third at the tournament. [42] [43]
In January 2024, it was announced that Smith was on crutches after suffering an injury. 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. [44] However he went to feature in the tournament. In England's match against Ireland at Twickenham on March 9, Smith scored a drop goal to end the match and give England the victory with a 23-22 score line. [45] In the final game of the tournament, he put in another impressive performance off the bench. 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. [46]
In June 2024, Smith scored 13 points in a good win over Japan on 22/6/24. This included his 12th try in just his 31st international. [47] In October 2024, he was named in the England squad to compete in the autumn nations series. [48] Later that month, he was one of 17 players to be awarded an Enhanced Elite Squad Player (EPS) contract by the RFU. [49] As of 15 December 2024, he has scored the most tries, with a total of eight, and made the most line breaks, with a total of 18, of any fly half of a tier nation since making his debut in July 2021. [50]
