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Africa-Press – South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>England captain Owen Farrell was sent off as his side came from behind to beat Wales 19-17 in a scrappy Rugby World Cup warm-up match at Twickenham on Saturday.<\/p>\n

The flyhalf was initially shown a yellow card for a high tackle to the head of Wales replacement Taine Basham in the final quarter.<\/p>\n

But under new rules that allow a review panel to consider an act of foul play while the game is in progress, that was soon upgraded to a red.<\/p>\n

When Farrell left the field, it meant England, who kicked off close to full strength, were briefly down to 12 men with replacement prop Ellis Genge and full-back Freddie Steward having been shown yellow cards as well.<\/p>\n

But England overhauled a 17-9 deficit thanks to Maro Itoje’s converted try from a driving maul and a late penalty from replacement George Ford as they avoided a fourth successive defeat and a slump to ninth in the world rankings.<\/p>\n

England have two more warm-up games, against Ireland and Fiji.<\/p>\n

Any suspension could rule talisman Farrell 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.<\/p>\n

Farrell’s three-match ban for a similar offence in January may now count against him in any disciplinary hearing.<\/p>\n

Adding to England’s concerns was an 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.<\/p>\n

“Regarding Owen, we’ll wait and see what happens,” England coach Borthwick told Amazon Prime. “The same with Jack van Poortvliet, he’ll get a scan. Rather than jump to any conclusions, we’ll wait and see what happens.”<\/p>\n

England were largely lacklustre behind the scrum but former captain Borthwick said: “The attack is the final building block and takes the longest to come, but that’s what we’re working on.”<\/p>\n

Earlier this week, Borthwick unveiled his World Cup squad, but Wales boss Warren Gatland has still to decide on his 33-man party for the showpiece tournament in France.<\/p>\n

‘Furious’ Gatland<\/b><\/p>\n

An angry Gatland, who made 15 changes to the Wales team that beat England 20-9 last weekend in Cardiff, gave some of his side an ominous warning about their World Cup chances.<\/p>\n

“I am furious actually, I am hugely disappointed but we found out about a few people today,” he said.<\/p>\n

The New Zealander, who twice led Wales to fourth-place finishes in the World Cup during his first spell in charge, added: “That was a game we should have won and we cost it ourselves.”<\/p>\n

England were 9-0 ahead early in the second half of an error-strewn match thanks to three Farrell penalties before Owen Williams responded with one for Wales.<\/p>\n

But from 9-3 up, England found themselves struggling following three yellow cards.<\/p>\n

Genge was sin-binned for collapsing a scrum, minutes after coming off the bench to win his 50th cap, with Steward shown a yellow card for taking out wing Josh Adams and Wales awarded a penalty try for the full-back’s subsequent tackle on Liam Williams that prevented a certain score.<\/p>\n

Wales capitalised, with Tomos Williams’s converted try putting them 17-9 ahead only for England to rally late on.<\/p>\n

England face Six Nations Grand Slam champions Ireland in a Dublin warm-up a week on Saturday, when Wales continue their preparations at home to World Cup holders South Africa.<\/p>\n

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