England centre Seb Atkinson says his teenage fly-half hopes were frustrated by Fin Smith, the man he will line up outside against Italy on Saturday. The pair, both 23, have been drafted in as part of wholesale changes to a team that has lost two of its first three games in the Six Nations. Atkinson and Smith came through Worcester Warriors academy and briefly appeared in the first team together during the 2021-22 season. "We started playing together when we were 13," Atkinson told Rugby Union Weekly. "I was a fly-half at the time, which didn't last long because Fin was better than me! "I had to learn a few other skills, which pushed me out to 12. "We went through the whole system together and I made my Premiership debut and my first Premiership start outside him, which was quite comforting." When Worcester went into administration in autumn 2022, both soon picked up new clubs with Atkinson heading to Gloucester and Smith signed by Northampton.…