The Tigers could have crumbled, but Chase started a remarkable fightback with his first touch on his return to the pitch after Ryan McGoldrick and Martin Aspinwall combined to put him in.
"We had a spell of 20 minutes in the second half where we struggled, and I think they put 20m on the side of the pitch because we couldn't find touch, " added Ashton, who made seven changes to the side that crashed to South Africa.