Player Ratings: Blossoming Roses
An excellent defensive display saw England run out 26-17 victors over Australia at Twickenham.
A try either side of halftime by No.8 Ben Morgan, combined with the educated boot of George Ford, proved to be the difference between the sides in a match filled with hard tackles.
Tauriq Ebrahim rates the England players!
15 Mike Brown
Made the most metres with ball-in-hand but was fairly quiet, barring a few moments here-and-there.
6/10
14 Anthony Watson
Full of running and always looked for work while he did his fair share of defensive work.
6/10
13 Brad Barritt
Must have left his opponents with a few marks after some strong, hard and bruising tackles. Bled for the cause.
7/10
12 Billy Twelvetrees
Fairly quiet game and had no chances to get his hands on the ball.
4/10
11 Jonny May
Had his hands full on defence but did the basics well.
5/10
10 George Ford
Great kicking display combined with excellent decision making to release his outside backs.
8/10
9 Ben Youngs
Looked sharp with accurate kicking out of his hand and put in a much improved display.
7/10
8 Ben Morgan
Bagged a double following excellent work by the forwards. Ferocious in defence and at the breakdowns.
8/10
7 Chris Robshaw
Made a nuisance of himself at the breakdown and marshaled his troops well.
9/10
6 Tom Wood
Relatively quiet match if compared to the other loose forwards but certainly played his part at the breakdowns.
6/10
5 Courtney Lawes
Made an absolute menace of himself at the breakdown and on defence.
8/10
4 Dave Attwood
Did his job excellently at the line-outs and put in the hard yards on defence.
6/10
3 David Wilson
Played like a man possessed on defence and got the better of his opponent in the scrum.
6/10
2 Dylan Hartley
Had a good day in the scrums and played his part defensively.
6/10
1 Joe Marler
Relatively quiet game but played his part in a strong England scrum.
6/10
Replacements:
16 Rob Webber (On for Hartley, 72nd min)
Not enough time to be rated.
17 Matt Mullan (On for Marler, 53rd minute)
Put in a few tackles and continued the dominance in the set-pieces.
4/10
18 Kieran Brookes (On for Wilson, 60th min)
Picked up where Wilson left off in the set-pieces.
4/10
19 George Kruis (On for Lawes, 54th min)
Had big shoes to fill when he came on but went about his business fairly unnoticed.
3/10
20 James Haskell (On for Wood, 77th min)
No enough time to be rated.
21 Richard Wigglesworth (On for Youngs, 69th min)
Not enough time to be rated.
22 Owen Farrell (Blood replacement for Barritt 61st min, On for Twelvetrees 67th min)
Remained on the field after Barritt returned and played his part defensively.
5/10
23 Marland Yarde (On for Barritt, 78th min)
Not enough time to be rated.
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