England player ratings vs New Zealand: Owen Farrell and Sam Underhill shines

England player ratings vs New Zealand as Eddie Jones men suffered a narrow 16-15 defeat against the All Blacks at Twickenham.

England player ratings vs New Zealand:

15 Elliot Daly: Still not convinced that fullback is his best position. Never looks 100% comfortable. 6/10

14 Chris Ashton: Opened the scoring within two minutes and looked threatening throughout. Replaced by Nowell after 67 minutes. 7.5/10

13 Henry Slade: A monstrous kick in the first half and twinkle toes in the second. A fantastically skilled player. 7.5/10

12 Ben Te’o: Still doesn't look 100% fit at the moment but went hammer and tong while he was on the pitch. 7/10

11 Jonny May: Never really got the ball on the front foot but answered his critics with his defence. He was everywhere. 7/10

10 Owen Farrell (co-captain): Looked more like an world player of the year nominee than his opposite number. A great captains peformance. 8.5/10

9 Ben Youngs: Got the performance from the forwards he needed. Needling Aaron Smith into errors did England no harm either. Vast improvement. 7.5/10

1 Ben Moon: Very good performance. England’s fourth-choice loosehead didn’t look out of his depth against the world champions. 7.5/10

2 Dylan Hartley (co-captain): Thousand times better than last week, good at lineout and put New Zealand under pressure picking up and driving. Replaced at half-time by Jamie George, which seemed strange as he was brilliant while George was very poor. 8/10

3 Kyle Sinckler: Who needs the back row at the breakdown when the front row can show them how to do it. Excellent steal in first half and good clearing out work. 8/10

4 Maro Itoje: The performance everyone had hoped he'd have in the firsr half. Strong tackling, snaffled restarts and a nuisance around the tackle area, knocking New Zealand back. However, he was schooled by Retallick in the lineout in the second half. 7.5/10

5 George Kruis: Called lineouts and executed superbly. Also part of a vastly improved effort by England in attacking through rolling maul. 7/10

6 Brad Shields: Difficult emotional occasion against the country he dreamed of playing for but gave his all. 6.5/10

7 Sam Underhill: Astonishing first half in which he led a forward effort that suffocated the All Blacks, instilled confidence and won the battle at the breakdown. Could have scored the winning try if not for a dubious TMO call. 8.5/10

8 Mark Wilson: Bullocking runs, tough tackling, a couple of deft passes. 7.5/10