This weekly “Biggest Underperformers” piece is dedicated to calling out players who didn’t play as well as they can in the fourth round of the 2020 Six Nations.
As a rule, we avoid putting players on the list if they were injured during the game.
1. Jamie George (England)
Lost both of his boots in the opening minutes and saw his first throw stolen by Alun Wyn Jones. He didn't carry or tackle like his regular self before his departure just before the hour. The 29-year-old wasn't poor by any stretch of the imagination but was the most anonymous of the England pack.
2. Hadleigh Parkes (Wales)
Usually reliable but not at Twickenham on Saturday. Hands let him down with one fumble inside England's 22 and conceded a penalty for an ugly high tackle on Manu Tuilagi. He also missed two tackles in an under-par display.
3. Mohamed Haouas (France)
The tighthead prop was sent off for a sickening punch on Scotland's Jamie Ritchie. A TMO review showed Haouas tussling with Ritchie - and then landing a flush right-hander which briefly flattened his whole face. France had been in control up until this point at Murrayfield, so he probably cost his team a chance at the Grand Slam. Stupid.
4. Scott Cummings (Scotland)
Never really got into the game at Murrayfield. It’s very early days in his international career, this being just his 12th cap, but this game largely passed him by. No doubt there is more in the tank from this 23-year-old prospect but we need to see more.
5. George North (Wales)
Spurned the opportunity to score by inadvertently dropping the ball over the line and had very little influence on the game until the closing stages. On the end of a sickening collision from Tuilagi that resulted in red for the England man. Conceding two turnovers, he's not the player he used to be.