England’s star halfback George Williams the painstaking moments watching Samoa’s Stephen Crichton’s field goal in extra-time that saw the home nation eliminated from the World Cup – one match away from the final at Old Trafford.

“Those ten seconds went so slow, it felt like it was going forever,” Williams told The Mirror.

Meanwhile, Chrichton has revealed that he was the unlikely hero for the Samoan underdogs after being banned from field-goal attempts at his club in the NRL, Penrith Panthers.