England Vs Italy Player Ratings As Big Win Keeps English Six Nations Hopes Alive b33f

Here are our England Vs Italy player ratings after Sunday’s Six Nations match in Twickenham, which saw England win 47-24.

England Vs Italy Player Ratings 146t1j

England: 5t1q2r

15 – Elliot Daly: 8 1z4i4a

Started at 13 but quickly moved to midfield after Ollie Lawrence’s first-half injury. Looks back to his best and was pivotal in the English attack

14 – Tommy Freeman: 8 4y5j1m

Fourth try in as many games and continues to be England’s best finisher, could be a late Lions bolter?

13 – Ollie Lawrence: N/A 3r1ii

Absolutely gutting for the Bath centre to go off early with what looked like a ruptured Achilles. Sadly, that’s his season and Lions chances over, and we wish him a speedy recovery.

12 – Fraser Dingwall: 7 6b3c52

Got on with his job as the ‘glue guy’ in England’s midfield. Comparison to Manchester City Ballon d’Or winner Rodri might be a stretch, but Dingwall was very good at 12.

11 – Ollie Sleightholme: 7 5b515t

Much better from the winger and was rewarded with a well-finished try after some slick hands from England’s forwards.

10 – Fin Smith: 7 10a40

Growing in confidence as an international fly-half and linked up well with his club teammates across the back line.

9 – Alex Mitchell: 8 5s3mn

His best performance of the tournament so far. Speed of ball, knowing when to kick and when to attack, he looked a different player against the Italians.

1 – Ellis Genge: 7 5i466

Got around the park and was a willing carrier as always. Not his most notable performance but kept his head down and got through plenty of important work.

2 – Jamie George: 8 10z55

Perfect with his darts and gave a lovely offload for Ollie Sleightholme’s try. A fitting performance to celebrate his 100th England cap.

3 – Will Stuart: 8 311c1o

Dancing feet to beat an Italian defender, and made a huge contribution despite very few scrums to get his teeth into.

4 – Maro Itoje: 8 22l4k

Must now be on the plane to Australia. A great shift and settling into the captaincy very well.

5 – Ollie Chessum: 9 s1o2x

Man-of-the-match and putting his name into the Lions debate with every game. The Leicester lock was absolutely immense and deserved his post-match award.

6 – Tom Curry: 7 4v6964

Completed a hat-trick of tries for the English back row and was excellent on both sides of the ball once more.

7 – Ben Earl: 7 93k18

Everywhere around the park yet again, even filling in at 12 for the final quarter as England’s 6-2 bench split and the early Lawrence injury left them short in the backs.

8 – Tom Willis: 7 3t4847

Started off proceedings with a dominant score and carried relentlessly all day, another massive shift.

Replacements: 7 6i6rq

Marcus Smith played almost a full game and deserved plenty of credit. Ben Curry as always impressed when he came on.

The whole England bench brought something when they arrived on the field and were a credit to their side.

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15 – Ange Capuozzo: 8 5g3x3t

Showed his electrifying attacking talent to set up a try on the counter-attack and was a handful for the England defence all game.

14 – Monty Ioane: 6 5l5y53

Deft kick through to set up Capuozzo’s score but was otherwise largely shut down.

13 – Juan Ignacio Brex: 7 4j2p6p

Excellent in defence and offered himself well in attack, another strong performance.

12 – Tommaso Menoncello: 7 1z1x3u

Much like Brex, worked hard in defence and got involved with some good carries in attack.

11 – Matt Gallagher: 6 2o6sk

His first Six Nations game and didn’t put a foot wrong, but also failed to have much noticeable impact.

10 – Paolo Garbisi: 6 3a6k11

Solid but uninspiring performance. Didn’t play badly, but was mostly anonymous – particularly in the second half.

9 – Stephen Varney: 6 6u2348

Italy looked better with Martin Page-Relo on the field, but there were some decent moments from Varney in the first period.

8 – Ross Vintcent: 8 6f604q

Gassed Marcus Smith to score a wonderful try and was superb throughout. A really good performance.

7 – Michele Lamaro: 6 2x6rn

Hasn’t hit the heights of previous tournament’s this year. Will be disappointed with his minimal impact again.

6 – Sebastian Negri: 8 3wr2s

Top carrier and second-top tackler, a huge effort from Negri and one if Italy’s best performers on the day.

5 – Federico Ruzza: 6 6i6w1x

Big shift to play the full 80 minutes and worked tirelessly till the final whistle.

4 – Niccolo Cannone: 6 1x4k53

Fourteen tackles and a lot of grating in the engine room, a good display and solid effort.

3 – Marco Riccioni: 6 696h6r

Was solid at set-piece and got around the field well. Made plenty of tackles for a front row forward.

2 – Giacomo Nicotera: 5 70432f

Big physicality in the tight but missed a fair few tackles and got stepped by Will Stuart.

1 – Danilo Fischetti: 6 684a18

Decent day at the office, lots of endeavour. Wasn’t noticeable for good or bad things.

Replacements: 6 553f4j

Italian bench did okay, but not much better. Page-Relo looked lively at scrum-half and Manuel Zuliani brought some dent when he came on.