WATCH: England captain lucky to escape red for brutal knee to the face

England captain Lewis Ludlow was very lucky to not to see red as he was sent to the sin-bin for a brutal knee to the face of one of the Canada players.

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— Steven Smith🏉 (@media_steven) July 10, 2021

SOCIAL REACTION:

Think Ludlow is very lucky not to get a red card there
— MoMo (@Morven04) July 10, 2021

Ludlow is lucky there. If that was a tackle he'd be off #ENGvCAN
— Dafydd Miles (@DafyddMiles) July 10, 2021

Clumsy play from Ludlow, but I'm not sure why the commentators are so desperate for a red card #engvcan
— matt (@dvtavfc) July 10, 2021

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