England captain Farrell red-carded, faces possible World Cup opener ban

LONDON: England captain Owen Farrell was shown a red card - via the new "bunker review system" - for a dangerous shoulder hit on Wales forward Taine Basham on Saturday and faces a ban that could rule him out of their opening World Cup game against Argentina.

Farrell was initially shown a yellow but it was "upgraded" to red after the TMO ruled the tackle showed a high degree of danger.

England have two more warm-up games, against Ireland and Fiji, but Farrell now faces a real threat of receiving a three-game ban.