England held the advantage at half-time in their World Cup clash with Wales this evening but things could have been much worse for Warren Gatland's side in the first half.
Dan Lydiate steamed into Tom Wood but the referee Jerome Garces didn't see anything too wrong with the tackle in real-time.
However TV replays showed that perhaps the Wales man could have seen yellow-card for the tackle,
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Although most people seemed to enjoy it
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