Dan Biggar took centre stage as Wales produced a superb fightback to clinch a potentially crucial 28-25 Pool A victory over England at the Rugby World Cup.

Fly-half Biggar kicked 23 points - the most by a Wales player in a World Cup game - as Warren Gatland's men fought back from 25-15 down to silence an England-heavy crowd at Twickenham in a match billed as the biggest of the tournament so far.

England appeared on course to take the win as Owen Farrell justified his controversial inclusion over George Ford at fly-half by contributing 20 of England's points, while Jonny May scored their only try in the first half.

But Wales - who lost Scott and Liam Williams and Hallam Amos to injury during the match - stayed alive with England guilty several moments of ill-discipline.

And Gareth Davies touched down in the 71st minute before the brilliant Biggar landed an excellent kick from near the halfway line.

It means Wales now have two wins from two in Pool A, while tournament hosts England will likely need to beat Australia to have a chance of making the quarter-finals.

In a tetchy opening both sides were guilty of sloppy errors and ill-discipline at the break down resulting in two Biggar penalties outscoring three points from Farrell's boot.

Wales had initially stifled England's power players, but Stuart Lancaster's men began to exert dominance at the scrum and the territory paid dividends as Farrell scraped over an excellent drop goal and another penalty to put England ahead for the first time.

The pressure resulted in the first try in the 28th minute. An England line-out was worked right to left, and a brilliant pick and go from Ben Youngs resulted in the scrum-half slipping in May to run in on the left channel. 

A Biggar penalty brought Wales within seven at half-time and, after the break, England twice stretched the lead to 10 through Farrell's boot.

But England's lack of discipline at the break down was undoing their good work with the ball and the unflappable Biggar nailed two penalties in five minutes as Wales fought back into contention.

Wales' momentum was dented as their cruel luck with injuries continued, both Scott and Liam Williams were taken from the field on a stretcher, while Amos hurt his arm in a challenge with Farrell.

A Farrell penalty then put England further in front, but the game swung dramatically with nine minutes remaining.

Lloyd Williams did brilliantly to keep the ball in play with a kick from the touchline and, with England's defence all at sea, scrum-half Davies ran in to score under the posts.

Wales earned another penalty on the halfway line and Biggar had the distance and the accuracy to make what proved to be the winning kick, as England opted to go for a try instead of letting Farrell kick for goal in an attempt to earn a draw from a penalty in the closing stages.