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Player ratings for England's 36-11 defeat of Italy in their Six Nations clash at Twickenham.

ENGLAND

DELON ARMITAGE: Always an attacking threat with the ball in hand. Received a let-off after having kick charged down - 6/10.

PAUL SACKEY: Was again starved of possession as England failed to play with any real width - 5.

JAMIE NOON: A late replacement and a typically solid performance but England need more adventure at outside centre - 5.

RIKI FLUTEY: Scored his first Test try but still to reproduce his best form on the international arena - 6.

MARK CUETO: Had little ball to work with but took his chances well and marked his return to the Test arena with a deserved try - 7.

ANDY GOODE: A great start with the try but it went downhill from there and more wayward kicking will be punished by the Welsh next week - 5.

HARRY ELLIS: Named man of the match and scored two tries but not Ellis' best game in an England jersey - 6.

PHIL VICKERY (pictured): The Raging Bull produced another wholehearted effort for his country as England showed some improvement up front from the autumn - 6.

LEE MEARS: An improvement on his performance against New Zealand but England's lineout did not fire - 6.

ANDREW SHERIDAN: Struggled against Leicester's powerful Martin Castrogiovanni - 5.

STEVE BORTHWICK: The captain nicked the odd Italian lineout but was quiet on England's ball and knocked back in the tackle too often - 5.

NICK KENNEDY: Another confident performance from the London Irish lock at the lineout and in the loose - 6.

JAMES HASKELL: A dynamic performance from the Wasps flanker was tainted slightly by a harsh sin-binning in the first half - 7.

STEFFON ARMITAGE: The London Irish flanker had a quiet debut and will have learned what it takes at the highest level - 6.

NICK EASTER: Not his biggest game but solid nonetheless as England improved their breakdown work - 6.

REPLACEMENTS

JOE WORSLEY (for Armitage, 55): Worked hard when he replaced Armitage - 6.

DYLAN HARTLEY (for Mears, 55): Provided England with a more physical front row presence when he came on - 6.

BEN FODEN (for Ellis, 61): Played with confidence and laid down a marker for his future - 6.

SHANE GERAGHTY (for Flutey, 61): Sin-binned shortly after coming on - 5.

JULIAN WHITE (for Sheridan, 61): Solidified England's pack - 6.

TOM CROFT (for Kennedy, 78): Late replacement in the second row - 5.

MATHEW TAIT (for Noon, 78): Hardly given a chance to show his qualities - 5.

ITALY

ANDREA MASI: Spent all afternoon kicking the ball down the middle of the field - 5.

KAINE ROBERTSON: Helped create the only Italy try but no major threat in offence or defence - 5.

GONZALO CANALE: With little attacking ball he was anonymous - 5.

GONZALO GARCIA: Exposed by the decision to play Mauro Bergamasco at scrum-half - 5.

MIRCO BERGAMASCO: Scored the try but wasted on the wing - 5.

ANDREA MARCATO: Only lasted half an hour before being injured but suffered from desperately poor service - 5.

MAURO BERGAMASCO: The experiment to play the flanker at scrum-half was a disaster - 2

SALVATORE PERUGINI: Italy competed well in the front row and Perugini scrummaged both sides - 6.

FABIO ONGARO: Struggled for consistency in the lineout - 5.

MARTIN CASTROGIOVANNI: World class and gave Andrew Sheridan a tough afternoon - 6.

SANTIAGO DELLAPE: Italy made mistakes in the lineout but produce some solid defence- 5.

MARCO BORTOLAMI: A quiet afternoon from the usually inspirational lock - 5.

JOSH SOLE: Had his work cut out as England looked to put pressure on Bergamasco at every opportunity - 5.

ALISSANDRO ZANNI: No Bergamasco in the back row, but had one or two good moments with the ball in hand - 5.

SERGIO PARISSE: Led by example and probably the outstanding player on the field but cannot do it all by himself - 8.

REPLACEMENTS

LUKE McLEAN (for Marcato, 31): Brought a bit more direction to the Italian side - 6.

GIULIO TONIOLATTI (for Mauro Bergamasco, 40): Inexperienced at Test level but is at least a genuine scrum-half - 5.

MATTEO PRATICHETTI (for Garcia, 55): Little impact as Italy had no real attacking shape - 5.

CARLO FESTUCCIA (for Ongaro, 55): Fresh legs but no major contribution - 5.

TOMMASO REATO (for Bortolami, 56): Thankless task coming on with game already lost - 5.

CARLOS NIETO (for Perugini, 62): The Gloucester prop competed well - 5.

JEAN-FRANCOIS MONATURIOL (for Dellape, 80): Easy cap for the lock - 5.

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