Former England rugby captain Lawrence Dallaglio has urged coach Brian Ashton not to make rash selection decisions after they were humbled 26-19 by Wales on Saturday.

Wales won at Twickenham for the first time in 20 years by sensationally overturning a 19-6 deficit but Dallaglio, who helped England to win the World Cup five years ago, believes the players, including under-fire Jonny Wilkinson, should be given another chance.

Speaking on BBC Radio Five Live's Sportsweek programme, Dallaglio said: "Whether you are playing at club level or international level, you should never let a big lead like that slip.

"As soon as Wales got the first score of the second-half we seemed to panic a little bit and everybody will be very disappointed.

"There is no doubt that possibly people will ask questions about the half-backs because when a game slips by like that then it is always the half-backs that get criticised the most.

"Jonny will know he didn't play as well as he could have done and he will be very disappointed. But given the opportunity I suspect he will bounce back very strongly.

"Knowing the coaches pretty well, what I hope they don't do is make rash decisions on selection. The team deserve the opportunity to put right quite a few wrongs, and that includes Jonny Wilkinson."

However, Dallaglio insists such an aberration could not be tolerated again.

"All the players will be devastated I am sure," he added.

"I remember going through a similar experience in 1996 when we let huge lead against France slip. It does happen but the important thing is to learn from the mistakes that are made.

"If it happens again then there will be some serious questions asked."