Here's my player ratings for the Welsh team:
Paul James - 5/10. Struggled a little in the scrum and was anonymous in the loose. Worst game he's playing in a long time. Bevington was a noticable improvement, at least in the loose.
Huw Bennett - 7/10. Surprisingly had a good game I thought. Carried very well, and his lineout throwing was much improved, although not perfect.
Craig Mitchell - 5.5/10. Again struggled in the scrum. Noticed him carrying the ball a couple of times, but not too much more in the loose.
Bradley Davies - 7/10. Strong carying as always. Served us well at the front of the lineout. Some good counter rucking at the start of the game.
Alun-Wyn Jones - 6/10. A little quiet from him I thought. Did ok in the lineout, but he's still a long way short of his old self.
Dan Lydiate - 6/10. As always, got through alot of work, but I thought he struggled physically a little yesterday. Didn't make much ground with ball in hand, and wasn't ferocious enough in the rucks.
Sam Warburton - 8/10. This man is getting better and better I think. Not his usual destructive self at ruck time maybe, but he grew and grew in the second half. His break in the lead up to North's second try was something a winger would be proud of, showed impressive acceleration. Unlucky not to be awarded a try I thought aswell, as it looked like the ball was grounded at the same time as he hit the touch line, and as the attacker should have the benefit of the doubt..... Led well, although possibly should have opted to kick to goal on a couple of occasions instead of going to the corner.
Toby Faletau - 3/10. Poor game from the big man. I was hoping to see big things from him, but he struggled yesterday. Started brighly with a kick through and nice pick-up, but that was about it. His usually excellent hands let him down on occasion, and he struggled to make much ground with ball in hand.
Mike Phillips - 6/10. An improved display from him I thought. Not perfect, but made a couple of little half breaks, and his delivery was accurate if not as nippy as I'd like. Still a long way to go, and I thought Knoyle was an improvement when he came on.
Rhys Priestland - 8/10. Stepped up, after what must have been a difficult lead-up to the game. I thought he ran things very well. Attacked the line well, making a couple of breaks, passed well, and kicked well for the most part. His place kicking isn't up to Jones or Hook's standard, missing one that the other two probably would have got. Put down a serious marker for the other two, especially Hook as an attacking fly-half.
Shane Williams - 5/10. Finsied his try well, although simply passing the ball to the four men outside him would have worked just as well. Tried to hard otherwise, and lost the ball a couple of times, or ran into Roberts!
Jamie Roberts - 7/10. Decent game I thought. Solid defensively, and strong on the ball. Still think he's used in a too one dimensional way, but that's not entirely his fault. Can't understand why he didn't go back to fullback when Stoddart left the field.
Jonathan Davies - 6/10. Still struggling to translate his regional form to the international scene. Looked like he's lost a little pace, as he was burned by Armitage, and that doesn't usually happen, infact it's normally him that's burning the opposition on the outside. Not nearly as prominent as he should have been. Work in progress.
George North - 8/10. Excellent game. Came inside looking for work, picking good angles, running hard and making yard every time. Scored two tries. Only real blemish was that he flung a blind pass to no-one in the final minute letting England off the hook, as they were under the cosh.
Morgan Stoddart - 7/10. Pretty good when he was on the field. Made a few half breaks and delivered a nicely timed pass, making sure to have commited the final defender, for North's first try. Very unfortunate to pick-up such a nasty injury, and his WC hopes are over.
Lloyd Burns - 7/10. Came on and didn't look out of place. Stole the ball back from an English lineout in the build up to North's second try.
Ryan Bevington - 7/10. Not sure about scrummaging tbh, but his open field play was excellent. Some nice offloads, and some strong carries. A definite improvement over Paul James.
Luke Charteris - 4/10. Not a good cameo from the beanpole. Lost the ball with his first touch, by not securing the ball propperly at lineout. Why was he just holding the ball up in the air when a maul was forming around him? Lacked grunt while carrying the ball. Won a couple of clear lineouts, but so did Alun-Wyn when he was on. We're struggling a little at lock with neither Alun-Wyn or Charteris playing well. Ryan Jones to lock?
Ryan Jones - 7/10. Big improvement I thought. Added some grunt and experience in the backrow. Still think Delve should get a run at 8 next week with Jones at lock.
Tavis Knoyle - 7/10. As I said before, improvement over Phillips. Almost messed up that quick tap though!
Scott Williams - 7/10. One or two decent charges, and had to deal with being in a very unfamiliar role. Poor pass into touch though!
I'd have them over Barnes any day, at least Moore's funny in his one eyed approach 
