ENGLAND pulled off an astonishing comeback from the dead to bring Twickenham to its feet.
But Steve Borthwick’s men paid a heavy price with both skipper Owen Farrell and scrum half Jack van Poortvliet left sweating on their World Cup hopes.
A remarkable evening brought an almost inconceivable England second-half implosion which saw them down to 12 players at one point.
When Tomas Williams ploughed through the wide open spaces to put Wales – nine points down at one stage – eight points ahead, the only question seemed to be whether England would completely capitulate.
Yet that was followed by an equally unfathomable response.