Smith partnership & Saracens spice - Furbank on life at Quins

In the 10 years he spent in the Franklin's Gardens dressing rooms, George Furbank sang the line plenty of times.

"Big city lights don't bother me," goes Northampton's victory song,, external a version of local anthem The Fields Are Green. "Northampton Saints I'd rather be."

Had Northampton offered him a longer contract at the end of last season, Furbank may still have been with champions.

They didn't though, and Harlequins did. And suddenly those big city lights beckoned.

"Yeah, the big city lights are a change, but a change I'm enjoying," says Furbank.

"There is just stuff on your doorstep which is unreal, great food spots, good coffee spots. I feel like within 10 minutes I can walk to get anything I need."

The 30-year-old, who grew up in Cambridgeshire, has opted to live nearer to central London, rather than right by Quins' Guildford training base.

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