England 19 Wales 17 LIVE REACTION: George Ford spares red-carded Owen Farrell's blushes in Rugby World Cup warm-up clash

ENGLAND fans witnessed a bizarre performance as Owen Farrell was sent off but the Red Rose managed to snatch victory in the last minute.

Ellis Genge and Freddie Steward were shown yellow cards before Owen Farrell was initially shown the same - but minutes later it was updated to a RED.

Wales were awarded a penalty try and scored again with England down to 12 men, but the Red Rose scored against the run of play before Farrell's red after his shoulder made contact with Taine Basham's head.

Farrell could now miss the start of the Rugby World Cup if he is given a three-match ban.

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• Challenge that lays ahead for Borthwick

  Although not fancied, England will know they can beat anyone on their day.

  It will all be about game management and ensuring the squad is at the peak of its powers at the right time.

  Pool D: England, Japan, Argentina, Samoa, Chile

• Dirty dozen do the business

  This was the moment that England stopped the rot as they were at a three man disadvantage against Wales.

  Having just scored a try themselves, had Steve Borthwick's team not put these points on the board, the game could have been over.

  Instead, they got back up to fourteen players after the yellow cards and went on to register a great win.

• Rugby World Cup winner odds

  With the tournament less than a month away, this is how the bookies see the chances of the sides:

  • New Zealand 9/4
  • France 11/4
  • Ireland 9/2
  • South Africa 9/2
  • Australia 10/1
  • England 10/1
  • Argentina 28/1
  • Scotland 33/1
  • Wales 33/1
  • Fiji 200/1
  • Italy 500/1
  • Uruguay 2500/1

• One step closer to World Cup

  England only have two more games until they commence their group stage games in France.

  They will play Ireland at the Aviva Stadium next weekend (5.30pm).

  Steve Borthwick's side will then play Fiji at Twickenham the following weekend (3.15pm).

• Ford shows he has good engine

  George Ford had taken over kicking responsibilities after the Owen Farrell red card.

  He ended with a 100% success rate at the end of the game.

  This is the kick that won the game today.

• England to face big test in Dublin

  Steve Borthwick's side go on to face Ireland in Dublin next week.

  Andy Farrell's side are ranked number one in the world and showed in the last Six Nations tournament why.

  Fans of the Irish feel they have a genuine chance of challenging for the World Cup in France.

  While England will be pleased with the passion they showed today, the 'green army' will be a different test completely.

  It will certainly show where England are in their preparations for the tournament.

  One thing is for sure, Andy Farrell will not have to make any plans for his son's game next weekend.

• Itoje spurs teammates into win

  Maro Itoje showed the heart and passion to come back against Wales today to secure victory.

  He celebrated every penalty awarded to them and even chipped in with a try himself when they were down to twelve men.

  Itoje showed the spirit England will need if they are to have any success in France next month.

• Borthwick seeing plenty of positives

  England coach Steve Borthwick was happy with the performance of his side today and saw signs they take into the World Cup.

  He felt they had lots of possession in the opposition half and it is just a matter of converting it into points and tries.

  The grit they showed today to dig deep and get the win against a side who make it difficult to score against was testament to the mentality of his players.

• Skipper makes costly mistake for France

  This is the moment Andy Farrell is left questioning his decisions, sat in the bin as his yellow card was being reviewed.

  Having historic form for a shoulder to the head, it is unlikely England will have grounds for mitigation.

  For Farrell, the reality is, he could well miss the start of the World Cup in France.

  As expected, his yellow card was upgraded to red after review.

• FT: England 19-17 Wales

  Both sides suffer disappointing injuries today, in particular, van Poortvliet's did not look good at all.

  He is seen on the touchline on crutches.

  Ben Earls is awarded the man of the match award.

  Steve Borthwick will be pleased with seeing his side dig deep when their backs were against the wall today.

• FT: England 19-17 Wales

  The crowd enjoyed that victory, that is for sure.

  After a first half to forget, this second half was a joy to watch.

  Big win for England as they head to Ireland next week.

• England 19-17 Wales

  79. The try that England scored when they had twelve men seemed to swing this game back in their favour.

  Warren Gatland will be disappointed that his side have lost this game from a winning position.

  They need to keep the ball alive now and try and get down the field.

• England 19-17 Wales

  77. England are awarded a penalty and kick for touch.

  They go down into Welsh territory with the clock ticking down.

  The crowd can sense the win is within touching distance now.

• England 19-17 Wales

  75. This game has burst into life since that Farrell incident.

  England now lead and both teams have fourteen players on the pitch.

  It would be a huge confidence boosting win for Steve Borthwick's side if they can see this one out.

• Penalty - George Ford (England)

• Yellow card - Adam Beard (Wales)

• England 16-17 Wales

  73. The fans start getting behind the players now.

  There seems to be a second wind about England now.

  Meanwhile, Taine Basham has failed his HIA so we will not be seeing him again today.

• England 16-17 Wales

  71. We have a real game on our hands here now.

  The review decided to upgrade the yellow card Farrell received to red.

  If the three games ban is applied, he will miss the first game of the World Cup.

• Red card - Owen Farrell (England)

• England 16-17 Wales

  69. Huge roar from the Twickenham crowd.

  The twelve men of England score a try against the visitors.

  Ford converts to put them within a point of Wales.

• Try - Mario Itoje (England)

• England 9-17 Wales

  67. With the three man advantage, simple passing sees Wales walk through the English defence.

  Dan Biggar converts to give them more daylight.

  This is going to be a real struggle for England with only twelve men on the field now.

• Try - Tomos Williams (Wales)

• England 9-10 Wales

  65. Under the new rules now, while Farrell serves his ten minutes in the sin bin, they will review that challenge.

  They will look whether it needs to be upgraded to a red card.

  If this is the case, he will miss England's first game of the World Cup.

  Meanwhile, England are down to twelve men.

• Yellow card - Owen Farrell (England)