3.\u00a0Sam Underhill\u00a0(England)<\/p>\n
Ratings:\u00a0RUCK 5 | Express 5 | Telegraph 4 | Rugby Pass 4 | Planet Rugby 4<\/p>\n
Underhill\u2019s reputation is built on defensive dominance, but this was an uncharacteristically off-colour shift. He slipped off a tackle on his Bath team-mate Finn Russell, who kicked through for Scotland\u2019s third try, and managed just five tackles before being replaced at half-time.<\/p>\n
The Telegraph described England\u2019s defence as \u201cdisastrous,\u201d with Underhill unusually part of the problem. Planet Rugby summed it up simply: he\u2019s \u201chad better days in an England shirt.\u201d<\/p>\n
For a player known as an enforcer, it was a surprisingly quiet afternoon.<\/p>\n
4.\u00a0Adam Beard\u00a0(Wales)<\/p>\n
Ratings:\u00a0Wales Online 2 | RUCK 2 | Rugby Pass 3<\/p>\n
Beard\u2019s afternoon unravelled in brutal fashion. Having helped Wales repel a French attack, he immediately handed possession back with a wayward grubber kick that gifted Matthieu Jalibert a try before half-time.<\/p>\n
Wales Online highlighted a missed tackle on Theo Attissogbe in the build-up to France\u2019s opener, while RUCK described it as \u201can afternoon to forget.\u201d Though he added some lineout stability, the defensive lapses and costly error defined his display.<\/p>\n
Against a ruthless France side, those mistakes proved fatal.<\/p>\n
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