Six Nations 2017: England v Scotland player ratings from Twickenham

RUCK runs the rule over the England and Scotland teams after Saturday’s Six Nations clash at Twickenham

Who were your star performers?!… Comment at the bottom of the page!

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England player ratings v Scotland

15 Mike Brown: Steady without being anything outstanding. 7/10

14 Jack Nowell: Made a couple of telling carries but not as effective as England would have hoped 7/10

13 Jonathan Joseph: He was back at his very best, scoring a terrific hat-trick. 9.5/10

12 Owen Farrell: Led England around the pitch superbly and was faultless from the tee. 8.5/10

11 Elliot Daly: Barely lasted a few minutes due to Fraser Brown’s dangerous hit on him. 5/10

10 George Ford: Bounced back from a poor performance against Italy with slick hands. Still short of his best form 7/10

9 Ben Youngs: Brought a great tempo to the England team, dictating things well. 8/10

8 Nathan Hughes: With Billy Vunipola waiting in the wings, Hughes made his presence felt with a few monster hits. 7/10

7 James Haskell: One missed tackle on Visser aside this was another great display by Haskell. 7.5/10

6 Maro Itoje: Went on a thunderous run early in the first half and made a couple of great catches under the high ball. 7.5/10

5 Courtney Lawes: Not as prominent in the loose as he would have liked. Line out work sound and tackled well. 7/10

4 Joe Launchbury: Carried well throughout and typically high work-rate. Has got better and better with each game. 8/10

3 Dan Cole: Part of the scrum that had the edge on the Scots. Another solid display. 7/10

2 Dylan Hartley (c): Probably his best performance of the 2017 Six Nations. 7/10

1 Joe Marler: Won his 50th cap and scrummaged well. It will be a tough choice between him and Mako Vunipola for the starting spot in Dublin next weekend. 7/10

Replacements: 16 Jamie George 5/10, 17 Mako Vunipola, 18 Kyle Sinckler 5.5/10, 19 Tom Wood 5.5/10, 20 Billy Vunipola 7/10, 21 Danny Care 7/10, 22 Ben Te’o 5.5/10, 23 Anthony Watson 7.5/10

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Scotland player ratings v England

15 Stuart Hogg: Failed an HIA early on. 4/10

14 Tommy Seymour: Failed an HIA in the second half but wasn’t anywhere near his best prior. 5/10

13 Huw Jones: The little firecracker scored his two tries and caused England problems all afternoon 8/10

12 Alex Dunbar: Went toe-to-toe with England and was one of the visitors better performers 7/10

11 Tim Visser: Basically did nothing. Didn’t even carry the ball in the opening 40 and made a few terrible passes. 4/10

10 Finn Russell: His goalkicking was good but his game management certainly wasn’t. 5/10

9 Ali Price: Poor guy ended up playing all over the place. 6/10

8 Ryan Wilson: Was needed to throw in a lineout in the first 10 minutes after Brown’s yellow but not much of note after that. 6/10

7 Hamish Watson: One the few Scotland players to perform well in the first half, making a number of thunderous hits. Faded in the second half. 6.5/10

6 John Barclay (c): The captain worked relentlessly and tackled well throughout. 6.5/10

5 Jonny Gray: Always visible in the loose and tackled hard. He never stopped despite the unattractive scoreline. 7.5/10

4 Richie Gray: Looked flat today. 6.5/10

3 Zander Fagerson: The youngster would have learned a lot from this schooling. 6/10

2 Fraser Brown: Arguably could have been sent off but his overall performance wasn’t bad. 6/10

1 Gordon Reid: 6/10

Replacements: 16 Ross Ford, 17 Allan Dell, 18 Simon Berghan, 19 Tim Swinson, 20 Cornell Du Preez, 21 Henry Pyrgos, 22 Duncan Weir, 23 Mark Bennett