Wales’ 28-25 Rugby World Cup win over England at Twickenham was one of their finest moments

WALES delivered one of the finest moments in their proud rugby history as they stormed Twickenham for a sensational World Cup victory.

England were left stunned as a brilliant 48-metre penalty by Dan Biggar with only five minutes remaining secured a thrilling 28-25 win.

But for the hosts, it was a bitter pill to swallow as they lost a seven-point half-time lead and were let down by poor discipline.

Now they will face Australia next Saturday night, knowing that defeat will see them eliminated from their own tournament in the pool stages.

England coach Stuart Lancaster had taken a big gamble before the match as he opted for the untested centre pairing of Brad Barritt and Sam Burgess.

Up against Wales’ midfield powerhouse Jamie Roberts, Lancaster had plumped for fire against fire in the biggest decision of his coaching career, but the end result went against him.

Anticpation had been at fever pitch ahead of kick-off and it was first blood to the visitors on the field when Courtney Lawes was penalised and Biggar coolly slotted the kick.

Although that was matched by an excellent effort from Owen Farrell after the Welsh had collapsed a scrum.

Biggar kicked his second penalty, but the scores were levelled again as Farrell made sure his team had something to show from a spell in Welsh territory with a long range drop-goal.

But England went in front for the first time as more good work from the props at scrum-time earned a penalty which Farrell kicked with ease.

And minutes later, a fine move saw Ben Youngs sending Jonny May over in the left corner for an excellent try.

However, Wales finished the half strongly and only a last-ditch tackle by Mike Brown stopped Scott Williams from a potentially decisive scoring break, although Biggar reduced the arrears with a penalty.

The seven-point margin remained through the opening 15 minutes of the second half as the two fly-halves both maintained their 100% success rate with two more kicks apiece.

But when Biggar landed another goal after Billy Vunipola was penalised for hands in the ruck, the gap was only four points.

Suddenly, Wales sensed their opportunity and for the first time, giant wing George North went on one of his marauding runs, as he muscled past two players to gain valuable territory and momentum.

The sheer physicality of the game was now starting to take its toll and Scott Williams was carried off with what looked to be a serious injury, followed quickly by two more of his team-mates.

Farrell kicked another three points but the Welsh turned the match on its head with a moment of inspiration.

Replacement Lloyd Williams lifted a perfect kick into space behind the English defence and it popped up perfectly for Gareth Davies to go in under the posts.

The Welsh were now dreaming of a famous win and those dreams came true thanks to Biggar’s boot.