Owen Farrell was sent off as England came from behind to beat Wales 19-17 in a scrappy World Cup warm-up match at Twickenham on Saturday.
When Farrell left the field on Saturday, it meant a lacklustre England, who kicked off close to full strength, were down to 12 men with replacement prop Ellis Genge and full-back Freddie Steward having been shown yellow cards as well.
The worry now for England, who have two more warm-up games, against Ireland and Fiji, is that any ban for Farrell could rule their talisman out of the start of the World Cup, with Steve Borthwick’s team launching their Pool D campaign against Argentina in Marseille on September 9. Adding to England’s concerns was the ankle injury suffered by scrum-half Jack van Poortvliet, with the Wales trio of captain Dewi Lake, Taine Plumtree and Basham all going off injured as well..
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