{"id":37031,"date":"2025-02-25T17:12:51","date_gmt":"2025-02-25T17:12:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/?p=37031"},"modified":"2025-02-25T17:12:51","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T17:12:51","slug":"england-vs-scotland-player-ratings-six-nations-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/england-vs-scotland-player-ratings-six-nations-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"England Vs Scotland Player Ratings After England Win Back Calcutta Cup In Edgy Six Nations Contest"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Here are our England Vs Scotland player ratings as England narrowly beat Scotland 16-15 in the Six Nations on Saturday.<\/strong><\/p>\n

England Vs Scotland Player Ratings<\/h2>\n

England:<\/h3>\n

15 \u2013 Marcus Smith: 6<\/h4>\n

Didn’t get the England<\/a> attack going much, but was involved in the Ollie Lawrence break that almost led to a try on the stroke of half time.<\/p>\n

Performed okay, but get the sense he’d still much rather be playing at fly-half.<\/p>\n

14 \u2013 Tommy Freeman: 7<\/h4>\n

Once again superb in the air and scored England’s one and only try. A quiet day otherwise, but it’s difficult to impact the game as a winger when nobody passes you the ball.<\/p>\n

13 \u2013 Ollie Lawrence: 7<\/h4>\n

If his back-door offload had found Ollie Sleightholme instead of Row Z, we’d have been discussing one of the tries of the tournament.<\/p>\n

One of the few positives for England in attack this Six Nations, a danger every time he touched the ball.<\/p>\n

12 \u2013 Henry Slade: 5<\/h4>\n

Struggled defensively again and is not performing at the level we know he can. Capable of so much more than he’s shown so far this tournament.<\/p>\n

11 \u2013 Ollie Sleightholme: 5<\/h4>\n

Got away with some poor defending against France<\/a> but was repeatedly exposed by the Scottish backs. Must improve if he wants to become a regular test starter.<\/p>\n

10 \u2013 Fin Smith: 8<\/h4>\n

Nailed the all important long-range kick and made more tackles than anybody else on the field.<\/p>\n

Wasn’t able to attack much but it seems that Borthwhick’s gameplan is to boot the ball away after three phases, so can’t blame Smith for that.<\/p>\n

9 \u2013 Alex Mitchell: 6<\/h4>\n

Like club teammate Smith, it feels like Mitchell is being asked to play far more conservatively than he’s suited to.<\/p>\n

Box kicking was below his usual level and meant Scotland<\/a> weren’t put under enough pressure aerially.<\/p>\n

1 \u2013 Ellis Genge: 7<\/h4>\n

Has massively improved his scrummaging over the last season or so. Always known for his immense work in the loose, but he dominated Fagerson at set piece.<\/p>\n

2 \u2013 Luke Cowan-Dickie: 6<\/h4>\n

Another solid shift, with great darts in the lineout. Didn’t stand out much in open play but far from a bad performance.<\/p>\n

3 \u2013 Will Stuart: 7<\/h4>\n

Quietly scrumming his way into Lions contention, the Bath tighthead also got the better of his opposite number and worked hard around the park.<\/p>\n

4 \u2013 Maro Itoje: 8<\/h4>\n

Playing right on the razor edge as always, he got just about on the right side of the referee on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Growing into the captaincy with every game and led from the front, especially in defence.<\/p>\n

5 \u2013 Ollie Chessum: 7<\/h4>\n

Brought in to sort out England’s lineout and did exactly that. A huge 80 minutes from the Leicester lock, who got through an immense amount of work – including chasing back in the final minute to prevent Stafford McDowall scoring under the posts and giving Scotland an easy kick to win it.<\/p>\n

6 \u2013 Tom Curry: 6<\/h4>\n

Went off early and appeared to be struggling with his hip – a worrying sign for him and England fans.<\/p>\n

Was excellent again before being replaced, and we hope it isn’t a recurrence of the issue which kept him out for an extended period.<\/p>\n

7 \u2013 Ben Earl: 7<\/h4>\n

Always throws himself about in attack and defence. Adds some much-needed carrying ability to England’s pack, and has an almighty engine on him.<\/p>\n

8 \u2013 Tom Willis: 6<\/h4>\n

Also came off before half time, but looked good and carried hard for the time he was on the field.<\/p>\n

Replacements: 6<\/h4>\n

Ben Curry was outstanding off the bench once again, but the rest of England’s subs had little impact.<\/p>\n

Elliot Daly sured up the defence in the wide channels after coming on, but most of the England bench was anonymous.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n