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England player ratings vs Wales | Six Nations 2022

Alex Dombrandt of England evades the tackle of Alex Cuthbert to score his side's only try against Wales at Twickenham. (Photo by Mike Hewitt/Getty Images)

England inflicted a fifth consecutive Six Nations defeat at Twickenham on fierce rivals Wales thanks to a gritty 23-19 success.

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Eddie Jones’ team led 12-nil at the break through four Marcus Smith penalties.

Alex Dombrandt then took advantage of an overthrown Wales lineout to stretch the home side’s lead before tries from Josh Adams and Nick Tompkins brought the visitors roaring back.

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Two further Smith penalties kept England’s noses in front despite Wales claiming a third try through replacement scrum half Kieran Hardy which took the contest to the wire.

Wales made two changes to the starting team that beat Scotland in Cardiff in round two. Josh Adams returned from a tight calf issue to replace Louis Rees-Zammit on the left wing, while Taulupe Faletau started at no.8 following seven months out with an ankle injury.

England boss Eddie Jones sprang a big surprise by naming exciting Bristol scrum half Harry Randall ahead of Ben Youngs who replaced World Cup winner Jason Leonard as his country’s most-capped player when he emerged from the bench in the second half.

In the front row hooker Luke Cowan-Dickie and prop Kyle Sinckler swapped bench and starting roles with Jamie George and Will Stuart. Following Manu Tuilagi’s training injury, Elliot Daly was named at outside centre with Joe Marchant recalled to the bench.

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15. Freddie Steward – 6.5
Solid as ever at the back, the Leicester no.15 produced one remarkable kick which travelled 70 metres from the narrowest of angles. Got drawn slightly infield to create the space from which Wales opened their account.

14. Max Malins – 6
Worked very hard off the ball and chasing kicks but found little space in which to threaten with ball in hand.

13. Elliot Daly – 6
Made a crucial defensive read to end Wales’ best first half attack with a big tackle. Twice had half chances but in truth posed little attacking threat.

12. Henry Slade – 7
Bounced off by former Exeter teammate Alex Cuthbert in the early stages but went on to show some nice touches including a kick which clinched a 50-22.

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11. Jack Nowell – 6.5
Made the best possible start by pinching the opening kick off from Owen Watkin and went on to produce a typically industrious performance. Won’t enjoy seeing a replay of his missed tackle on Cuthbert but to balance this often out-jumped his much taller opponent under the high ball.

10. Marcus Smith – 8.5
By getting very flat England’s new poster boy asked loads of questions of the visitors’ defence and regularly released his runners into gaps. Missed a simple penalty in the opening quarter but otherwise produced an immaculate display from the tee that delivered 18 match-clinching points.

9. Harry Randall – 8
Overcooked a couple of early box kicks but soon made amends with a superbly weighted chip which Malins’ chase turned into an attacking five-metre lineout. Put tempo on the game at every opportunity posing plenty of problems for the visitors’ fringe defence.

1. Ellis Genge – 6.5
Plenty of question marks surround Genge’s scrummaging and again he never looked comfortable against Tomos Francis. He did however get through plenty of work with ball in hand.

2. Luke Cowan-Dickie – 6
Carried hard and often and always in the thick of the breakdown action until he was forced from the field with a knee injury early in the second quarter.

3. Kyle Sinckler – 6
Found Wyn Jones a real handful on the Wales loose head. Worked hard in the loose but not as visible with ball in hand as usual.

4. Charlie Ewels – 6.5
Secure under Wales’ restarts, Ewels did a lot of the close-range carrying for his team and went very close to claiming the opening try midway through the first half.

5. Maro Itoje – 8
Made a highly visible start during which he twice made important interventions. Put the visitors’ lineout under tremendous pressure and worked hard in the loose as typified by the steal which finally allowed his team to clinch the spoils.

6. Courtney Lawes – 7
England’s returning skipper put in a typically hard-hitting display in both defence – where he was England’s top tackler with 14 – and attack.

7. Tom Curry – 6
Made a thumping hit on Basham to win his team a penalty which Smith translated into three points before leaving the fray at half-time.

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8. Alex Dombrandt – 8.5
Opened up by winning a penalty when he got over the ball at the breakdown – a feat which he repeated in the second half. Will be irritated to have lost the ball in contact to Taine Basham when England had a good opportunity to attack but claimed a first Twickenham try courtesy of Wales’ lineout horror show and was England’s stand-out performer.

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16. Jamie George – 6.5
Arrived in the 25th minute to put in a solid shift.

17. Joe Marler – 6
Saw ten minutes of action as Genge’s replacement during which he conceded a penalty in the tackle.

18. Will Stuart – 6.5
A second half replacement for Sinckler who helped his team win late scrum penalties.

19. Nick Isiekwe – 6
Took over from Ewels with 13 minutes remaining.

20. Sam Simmonds – 6
Played the second half as a replacement for Tom Curry and completed an impressive ten tackles.

21. Ben Youngs – 6.5
Moved ahead of Jason Leonard as England’s most-capped player when he arrived from the bench for his 115th cap in the 61st minute immediately after Wales’ second try.

22. George Ford – Unused

23. Joe Marchant – 6
Replaced Daly six minutes from time.

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Roy 1169 days ago

Freddie Steward came and took bombs all game, he always returned and got over the gain line. Both teams kicked a lot first half and he was the best 15 on the park, and Williams is a hell of a player.


He had 2 people to mark so he bit in and got caught out with a great pass, not really his fault. He had to make a choice, so he went for the player nearest the ball and Tomos recognized the opportunity and delivered a hell of a pass to allow Josh Adams to walk in.


Great play Wales, you can't be blaming Steward for a defenses lack of numbers and great attacking awareness.


Josh Adams had a relatively quiet game, as did Wales for 55-60 minutes of the game, but you still managed to give Adams 7.5. But you do have your favourites.

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