MATCH RATINGS England

FREDDIE STEWARD Eclipsed by Ramos though had small consolation of going through him for try 4

MAX MALINS

Almost scored try and never stopped trying in bruising battle .................... 6

HENRY SLADE

Little impact again and replaced by Owen Farrell early in second half ........... 4

OLLIE LAWRENCE Was always going to have his work cut out. Good lesson for youngster ......... 5

ANTHONY WATSON Dropped one high ball and spent rest of game fighting fire in defence ..................... 4

MARCUS SMITH

Nothing came off for him and harder he tried the more that went wrong ...... 4

J VAN POORTVLIET Badly exposed before Mitchell came on and injected pace and tempo.. 3

ELLIS GENGE

Horror start to his career as captain but set-piece held up pretty well . ............ 6

JAMIE GEORGE Never hides, but even Jamie will struggle to find words for this ...................... 5

KYLE SINCKLER Was so looking forward to this contest and will be hugely deflated ................... 5

MARO ITOJE

Unable to turn tide through force of personality as he once could ........................... 5

OLLIE CHESSUM First really tough day for an outstanding young prospect ............................... 6

LEWIS LUDLAM

No answer to work of Cros, Ollivon and Aldritt at breakdown ........................... 5

JACK WILLIS

So wanted to impress against his Toulouse team-mates but not to be . 5

ALEX DOMBRANDT Too many costly errors in first half when England needed control .................... 4

REPLACEMENTS

Jack Walker (Lawrence) ... 5 Mako Vunipola (Genge ) .... 5 Dan Cole (Cole) ................... 5 D Ribbands (Dombrandt) . 5 Ben Curry (Willis) ............... 5 A Mitchell (Van Poortvliet) .6 Owen Farrell (Slade) .......... 6 Henry Arundell (Malins) ... 5 FRANCE: Thomas Ramos 9, Damian Penaud 8, Gael Fickou 8, Jonathan Danty 9, Ethan Dumortier 7, Romain Ntamack 8, Antoine Dupont 9, Cyril

Baille 8, Julien Marchand 7, Dorian Aldegheri 7, Thibaud Flament 9, Paul Willemse 7, Francois Cros 8, Charles Ollivon 9, Gregory Alldritt 9 REPLACEMENTS: Sipili Falatea (Aldegheri) 6, Filimo Taofifenua (Willemse) 6, Sekou Macalou (Ollivon) 7, Yoram Moefana (Danty) 6, Melvyn Jaminet (Ntamack) 7