Sport | Rugby UnionEngland vs Fiji: Player RatingsBattling for the ball: Volavola and Watson competeADRIAN DENNIS/AFP/Getty ImagesJack de Menezes21 September 2015Standard Sport assesses the host's individual performances in England's 35-11 victory over Fiji.Mike Brown: 7Finished both of his tries well when under and his crucial intervention saw Matawalu’s 50-score chalked off.Anthony Watson: 5Little he could do when defending against Nadolo in the air and dragged into touch when given half a chance to score.Jonathan Joseph: 5Quick hands to feed Brown for the try but dropped simple pass and looked off the pace with little chance to impose.Brad Barritt: 6Penalised in the first half for not rolling but defensively astute in holding out the powerful Fijians.Johnny May: 7Needed all of his pace to catch Matawalu on the break but contested in the air superbly and can be pleased with his work.FRANCK FIFE/AFP/Getty ImagesGeorge Ford: 7Dealt with the occasion well from the start but lacked the running game that we’ve been expecting of him.Ben Youngs: 5Allowed the kick-off to bounce and his first-half box-kicking was poor. Hauled off early in the second half to cap a miserable 50th appearance.Rugby World Cup 2015: Opening ceremony in pictures 1/14 Joe Marler: 7Got a challenge and then some from Saulo, and will take heart from a good first outing. Replaced by Vunipola shortly after the break.Read MoreFirst-time buyers typically need £23,000 for a 10% house deposit – reportChance of snow forecast with temperatures expected to plummet againAll GP surgeries in England to advertise Jess’s Rule to prevent avoidable deathsSponsoredThe best destinations and activities to book this winterTom Youngs: 6Alarm bells were ringing when he missed his first lineout but he recovered well with string runs and a 70-minute-plus shift.Shaun Botterill/Getty ImagesDan Cole: 7Won his first battle with Ma’afu and remained a rock for the English front-row that enjoyed the front-foot all night.Courtney Lawes: 6Outmuscled in the collision in his one meaningful run and didn’t have as big an impact England would have liked.GABRIEL BOUYS/AFP/Getty ImagesGeoff Parling: 6Ran the lineout well but appeared to take a knock to the head early in the second and departed soon after.Tom Wood: 6Snatched a lineout on the Fijian line but needless throw around the neck of an opponent cost England in good position.GLYN KIRK/AFP/Getty ImagesChris Robshaw: 6Guilty of not rolling away but otherwise a strong, if quiet performance from the England skipper.Ben Morgan: 6Lacked any of the powerful runs that we’ve become expected of him and replaced by Billy Vunipola shortly after the break.OFF THE BENCHRobb Webber: 5Given little time to make an impact thanks to Youngs’ long shift, but his time is likely to come against Uruguay.Shaun Botterill/Getty ImagesMako Vunipola: 5As is his way he lost the first scrum following his introduction, but didn’t concede another penalty there on in.Kieran Brookes: 5Cole’s spell in the front-row gave Brookes minimal time to do anything of note.Joe Launchbury: 6Important tackle on Nadolo halted a threatening attack.Mike Hewitt/Getty ImagesBilly Vunipola: 6Looked much more on the money than in previous outings and looked eager to get his hands on the ball.Richard Wigglesworth: 6Quick thinking led to two big breaks that saw him charge into Fijian territory and his passing was sharp and precise.Owen Farrell: 6Goal-kicking as faultless as expected and controlled the game when Fiji were threatening to ruin the party.Sam Burgess: 6Impressed when he came on with two lovely offloads releasing Wood and Brown respectively. MORE ABOUTEnglandFijiRugby World Cuo
