Six Nations 2013: England v Scotland: player ratings Mike Brown A loose clearance which led to Scotland try. Also, not as elusive as he would have wished out on the wing. Owen Farrell Showed greater tactical awareness and better game management. His points-accumulation is awesome. That world player nomination seems prescient. Ben Youngs A slightly stuttery performance but it didn't matter. His forwards were in control. Replaced by Danny Care who scored late. Joe Marler Troubled the more experience Murray, getting up and under him at scrum-time. Tom Youngs Needless, daft penalties and the lineout didn't go that well. Dylan Hartley, coming off the bench, must have been licking his lips. Dan Cole The master - for a prop anyway - of the steal at the breakdown. Scrummaged well too. Is a big player for England. Joe Launchbury Is there anyone better at plucking a ball out of the air in the traffic? And still so young. Geoff Parling Had a big first half on the hoof. Put to bed the theory that he is power puff in contact. Tom Wood A great run to start the first half and a dull penalty to end it. The story of his match. Chris Robshaw Very, very busy and involved. Don't like to see him as first receiver but he makes few mistakes and is a whole-hearted pain to the opposition. Ben Morgan Spent most of the match fielding and running back the long clearance kick. Did it well, though. Scotland Stuart Hogg Some great line kicking and did well on the counter attack when he had the opportunity. Sean Maitland A well-taken try on his debut. Can't ask for much more that that. Sean Lamont Was one of many Scots to give away stupid, game-threatening penalties. Unable to stop English physicality. Matt Scott Did well. A Silly high tackle, but one of Scotland's more incisive midfield backs, though the standard wasn't particularly high. Tim Visser Came with a big reputation but didn't see much of him. Ruaridh Jackson A poor game. Admittedly, there was no platform in front of him but he was so, so lacklustre and inaccurate. Greig Laidlaw Like Jackson, he simply has to improve his skill levels. The search for an intelligent Scottish prompter goes on. Ryan Grant Fairly anonymous. He just about held on to Cole at the scrum but was rarely seen in the open spaces. Dougie Hall Fluffed his big chance. Simply wasn't able to stamp his presence on the game. Euan Murray Living off a reputation which he no longer warrants. Was once a feared scrummager. The key is the use of the past tense. Richie Gray It is hard to stand out in a pack which is going backwards. Gray didn't. Jim Hamilton Unable to bring his fiery club form to the Test arena. Is looking increasingly world-weary. Alasdair Strokosch Replaced by Denton early on who failed to impress. Threw wild passes and gave away penalties. Is much better than that. Kelly Brown Never stopped. Secured most of Scotland's turnovers at the breakdown, the last of which led to Hogg try. Johnnie Beattie One wild, hairy run but that was about the only time he broke free. A pigmy hacking at giants.