On the scoresheet: Tom Curry was England’s standout performer successful a losing Six Nations effort against Ireland
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Steve Borthwick’s broadside started good and were up wrong 10 minutes acknowledgment to a effort from Cadan Murley connected his debut.
England went successful 10-5 up astatine the interruption aft a superb antiaircraft effort - but they were blown distant successful the 2nd half.
Ireland ran successful 3 tries aft the interval to unafraid a bonus-point win, portion England indispensable lick their wounds rapidly arsenic they big France adjacent week.
Standard Sport’s Simon Collings was astatine the Aviva Stadium to complaint the England players...
Proved a utile limb nether the precocious ball, some successful onslaught and defence. Carried solidly from deep, too.
Did not person masses of shot retired connected the wing, but went implicit precocious connected to unafraid England a losing bonus point.
Did his champion to enactment arsenic a battering ram for England and made a fewer bully enactment breaks. Showed large hands to assistance make Tom Curry’s try.
Played a beauteous footwear done for Murley to people England’s opening try. An improved showing from the autumn.
Got disconnected to a flyer connected his debut by scoring wrong the opening 10 minutes. Had a pugnacious 2nd half, though, and was shaky connected footwear defence. Did assistance Curry’s try.
Picked up wherever helium near disconnected from successful the autumn. Electric whenever helium got the ball, which wasn’t capable successful the 2nd half.
Showed wherefore helium was a miss successful the autumn. Bright and coagulated with his kicking. A mediocre tackle connected James Lowe for Ireland’s opening effort the lone blot connected his copybook.
Got done a batch of enactment successful the escaped and was a consenting carrier. Managed to get done implicit 70 minutes, too.
Handed a commencement successful the lack of Jamie George. Struggled astatine lineout clip and had to person a just spot of attraction connected his shoulder.
Off doubly for a HIA. A coagulated show different than that. England did not suffer a scrum portion helium was connected the pitch.
A large performace, particularly successful the archetypal half, from the fastener connected what was his archetypal Test arsenic England captain.
Put successful a bully displacement during his hr of work. Under unit for his spot owed to the instrumentality of Ollie Chessum.
Rose to the juncture and was a menace astatine the ruck, stealing ball. So beardown successful the tackle arsenic good and adjacent scored a precocious try. Didn’t merit to beryllium connected the losing side.
Justified his enactment with a large performance. A existent nuisance astatine the breakdown and got done truthful overmuch enactment defensively.
Effective with and without the ball. Cut Ireland unfastened with 1 quiescent interruption earlier half-time and caused problems astatine the breakdown. Perhaps taken disconnected excessively early?
Joe Heyes (Stuart 38’ & 50’ & 71’) N/A
Theo Dan (Cowan-Dickie 56’) 6
Tried to springiness England an injection of gait disconnected the seat and created Freeman’s precocious try.
Been successful sparkling signifier for Saracens, but was quiescent here.
Ollie Chessum (Martin 60’) 6
Came connected and helped settee the lineout down. Carried well, too.
Chandler Cunningham-South (Ben Curry 60’) 5
Tried to made an contiguous interaction but gave a punishment distant for a tackle successful the air.
Harry Randall (Mitchell 66’) 5
A spot shaky astatine times and sent 1 container footwear backwards.
Fin Smith (Steward 66’) 6
A dependable stint astatine fly-half, but the crippled was gone by that point.
Fin Baxter (Genge 71’) N/A