Grading every England player following the 2022 summer tour.
The rollercoaster that was the summer internationals is over, and it was a memorable one for England for all sorts of reasons.
Eddie Jones' men managed to return home with a 2-1 series win against the Wallabies - and gave fans one of the most memorable summers they have ever seen.
With the Rugby World Cup looming, Jones was pleased that so many young and inexperienced players were on the right side of the scoreline.
He added: "It is a really positive step, we always felt the team was going in the right direction, sometimes results don’t reflect that. At the end we had six players with under 10 caps – this is a young inexperienced squad and to have an experience like this is fantastic. They now understand what it is like to win a series away.
"Some of our guys have now won two series in Australia. I am so proud of their efforts.
"It is like training a race horse, we don’t want to be at our best until the World Cup finals, we need to keep building the base, the depth, the competition and our style of play. We are in a good position."
Let's grade every player's performance. We've only included players who featured in the test matches.
Grading every England player:
PROPS
Ellis Genge - A*
Will Stuart - B
Mako Vunipola - C
Joe Heyes C
HOOKERS
Jamie George - B
Luke Cowan-Dickie - C-
SECOND-ROW
Ollie Chessum - B
Maro Itoje - C
Jonny Hill - A
Nick Isiekwe - C
BACK-ROW
Sam Underhill - E
Tom Curry - C
Billy Vunipola - A
Lewis Ludlam - C
Courtney Lawes - B
Jack Willis - D
SCRUM-HALVES
Danny Care - F
Jack van Portviellt - A
FLY-HALVES
Marcus Smith - D
Owen Farrell - B
CENTRES
Joe Marchant - E
Guy Porter - D
BACK-THREE
Freddie Steward - A*
Tommy Freeman - C
Joe Cokanasiga - F
Henry Arundell - B
Jack Nowell - B
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- Jordie Barrett over Damian de Allende is far from being correct. The hype around Dupont is also overreaching, he's probably 4th in the world and has been since the 2023 WC. He also avoids certain matchups which is strange. The rest of the list is pretty good apart from minor subjective biases.JasonMarlow16-09-2026
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