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
England:
15 – Elliot Daly: 8
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
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
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
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
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
Growing in confidence as an international fly-half and linked up well with his club teammates across the back line.
9 – Alex Mitchell: 8
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
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
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
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
Must now be on the plane to Australia. A great shift and settling into the captaincy very well.
5 – Ollie Chessum: 9
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
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
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
Started off proceedings with a dominant score and carried relentlessly all day, another massive shift.
Replacements: 7
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.
Italy
15 – Ange Capuozzo: 8
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
Deft kick through to set up Capuozzo’s score but was otherwise largely shut down.
13 – Juan Ignacio Brex: 7
Excellent in defence and offered himself well in attack, another strong performance.
12 – Tommaso Menoncello: 7
Much like Brex, worked hard in defence and got involved with some good carries in attack.
11 – Matt Gallagher: 6
His first Six Nations game and didn’t put a foot wrong, but also failed to have much noticeable impact.
10 – Paolo Garbisi: 6
Solid but uninspiring performance. Didn’t play badly, but was mostly anonymous – particularly in the second half.
9 – Stephen Varney: 6
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
Gassed Marcus Smith to score a wonderful try and was superb throughout. A really good performance.
7 – Michele Lamaro: 6
Hasn’t hit the heights of previous tournament’s this year. Will be disappointed with his minimal impact again.
6 – Sebastian Negri: 8
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
Big shift to play the full 80 minutes and worked tirelessly till the final whistle.
4 – Niccolo Cannone: 6
Fourteen tackles and a lot of grating in the engine room, a good display and solid effort.
3 – Marco Riccioni: 6
Was solid at set-piece and got around the field well. Made plenty of tackles for a front row forward.
2 – Giacomo Nicotera: 5
Big physicality in the tight but missed a fair few tackles and got stepped by Will Stuart.
1 – Danilo Fischetti: 6
Decent day at the office, lots of endeavour. Wasn’t noticeable for good or bad things.
Replacements: 6
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.
