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England player ratings vs USA | 2021 Summer Tests

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With the British and Irish Lions having taken 12 of England’s player pool this summer, Sunday’s game against the USA was a valuable opportunity for head coach Eddie Jones to mix up his selections and give some new faces a chance to stake a claim for a long-term spot in his squad.

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England recorded a 43-29 victory at Twickenham and whilst there were plenty of moments for optimism, the side’s maul defence and discipline will go down as areas to work on before they take on Canada the following weekend.

Check out our player ratings for the England side below.

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15. Freddie Steward8
An excellent debut for Steward who set up both Ollie Lawrence and Joe Cokanasiga with quick hands and a deft kick respectively. He dominated the aerial contest repeatedly and used his frame well as a carrier when required.

14. Joe Cokanasiga8.5
A nice return to international rugby for Cokanasiga who dealt well with the aerial contests and delivered multiple turnovers at the breakdown and in the tackle. He was good value for his two tries.

13. Henry Slade6.5
Not overly involved in the game at times, but when he got his hands on the ball, good things tended to happen. The delay and accuracy on his passes opened up the USA defence on more than one occasion.

12. Ollie Lawrence7
Lawrence showcased his hands early on with a nice pass over the top, before his pace and power was on show when he crossed the try line in the first half. An injury unfortunately saw him leave the field just before halftime.

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11. Max Malins6.5
The versatile back left the field with an injury after nine minutes, but not before he won a contested ball on the restart and offloaded to a supporting Sam Underhill for England’s first try.

10. Marcus Smith7.5
A solid start for Smith, whose composure and play on the gain-line certainly helped England motor into a healthy first half lead. His tactical kicking was also effective and he capped the display with a well-deserved try.

9. Harry Randall7.5
A couple of kicking errors aside, Randall did well instilling his tempo and energy into the England team, most notably with his desire to take a quick tap penalty. Grew into the game as the USA team tired in the second half.

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1. Ellis Genge9
A commanding performance from Genge, who stepped up admirably with so many of his regular teammates away with the Lions. He dominated his opposite number in the scrum, carried physically and was able to force turnovers in the tackle.

2. Curtis Langdon6.5
The hooker hit on all eight of his throws and gave England the solid set-piece foundation they needed to launch their exciting back line.

3. Joe Heyes6.5
Bounced back well from giving up an early penalty for not driving straight at the scrum. Put his body about in defence and helped England win the battle of the gain-line.

4. Josh McNally5.5
The lock couldn’t quite exert himself on the game in the way he would have wanted to, including an unforced error when he played the scrum-half at the breakdown.

5. Charlie Ewels6
There were flashes of Ewels’ ability on show on Sunday, although it was not the all-action performance that could have seen him put down a marker to challenge for a starter’s spot moving forward.

6. Lewis Ludlow6
The blindside was England’s primary lineout target and was regularly the quickest man back up off the floor and back in the defensive line.

7. Sam Underhill8
Like Genge, Underhill stepped up as one of the ‘veterans’ of the English pack. His carrying, tackling and breakdown work were all impressive and his try in support of Malins was a great example of the work rate and energy he brought.

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8. Callum Chick5.5
Not quite the impact he would have liked to have on debut, as he slipped off a couple of tackles and wasn’t able to dominate as a carrier. Helped Ludlow with the dirty work, though.

Replacements

16. Jamie Blamire6
Blamire couldn’t replicate Langdon’s efficiency at the lineout but he was able to redeem himself with a charge-down and try on the scrum-half after a lost lineout.

17. Beno Obano6.5
Kept England’s scrum advantage going and made a couple of physical hits in defence.

18. Trevor Davison6
Helped keep England’s scrum dominance in place.

19. Ted Hill6
A couple of physical tackles after coming into the engine room.

20. Ben Curry6
Not too many opportunities to influence the game after his late arrival.

21. Lewis Ludlam7.5
Ludlam was one of the replacements to bring a real injection of impetus, as a tackler, breakdown influencer and defensive set-piece option.

22. Dan Robson6
Came on the field as a wing due to England’s injuries and wasn’t able to influence the game too heavily, but didn’t do anything wrong, either.

23. Jacob Umaga6
There were a couple of missed tackles that Umaga will want back but ultimately he kept things ticking for England in a back line that had to be dramatically re-jigged.

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Lol you need to shoot your editor for that headline, even I near skipped the article.


France simply need to go to a league format for the Brennus, that will shave two weekends of pointless knockout rugby from their season and raise the competitions standards and mystique no end.


The under age loophole is also a easy door to shut, just remove the lower age limit. WR simply never envisioned a day were teams would target people under the age of 17 or whatever it is now, but much like with Rassie and his use of subs bench, that day was obviously always going to come. I can’t remember how football does it, I think it’s the other way around with them, you can’t sign anyone younger than that but unions can’t stop 17 or 18 yo’s from leaving for a pro club if they want to. There is a transaction that takes place of a few hundred thousand for a normal average player. I’d prefer rugby to be stricter and just keep the union bodies signoff being required.


What really was their problem with Kite and co leaving though? Do we really need a game dominated by Internationals? I even think WR’s proposed calendar might be a bit too much, with at minimum 12 top tier games being played in the World Championship. I think 10 to 12, maybe any one player playing 10 of those 12 is the best way to think of it, for every international team is max, so that they can allow their domestic comps to shine if they want, and other nations like Japan and Fiji can, even some of the home nations maybe, and fill out their calendar with extra tours if they like them as a way to make money. As it is RA don’t have as good a pathway system, so they could simply buy back those players if they turn good. Are they worried they’ll be less likely to? We wait for baited breath for the new season to be laid out in front of us by WR.

It could impose sanctions on the Fédération Française de Rugby, but the body which runs the Top 14 and the ProD2, the Ligue Nationale de Rugby, is entirely independent.

It’s not independent at all. The LNR is a body under, and commissioned by, the FFR (and Government control) to mediate the clubs. FFR can simply install a new club competition if they don’t listen, then you’d see whether the players want to stay at any club who doesn’t tow the line and move to the new competition, as they obviously wouldn’t fall under the auspice of world rugby. They would be rebels, which is fine in and upon itself, but they would isolate themselves from the rest of the game and would need to be OK with that. I have no doubt whatsoever that clubs would have to and want to fall in line to remain part of the EPCR and French rugby. Probably even the last thing they would want is to compete with another French domestic competition that has all the advantages they don’t.


All those players would do good for a few seasons in France, especially the fringe ones, with thankfully zero risk of them being poached if they turn good. New Zealand had a turn at keeping all of it’s talent, and while it upticked the competitiveness of the Super Rugby teams into a total dominance of Australian and South African counterparts (who were suffering more heavily than most the other way at that stage), it didn’t have as positive an effect on the next step up as ensuring young talents development is not hindered does. Essentially NZR flooded the locate market with players but inevitably it didn’t think the local economy could sustain any more pro teams itself, so now we are seeing a normal amount of exodus for the availability of places again. Are Australia in exactly the same footing? I think so, finances where dicey for a while perhaps but I doubt they are putting money constraints on their contracting now. It’s purely about who leaves to open up opportunity.

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