■By GARY FITZGERALD
MAKO and Billy Vunipola may have endured Tokyo heartbreak but back in north west London young cousin Manu walked off Allianz Park a Saracens hero.
The 19-year-old fly-half was hugged and then lifted up by his team-mates following a match-winning kick at the death to earn the champions a crucial win over Irish.
Director of rugby Mark McCall praised the teenager filling the No.10 jersey until Owen Farrell is ready to wear it again. The Irishman said: “It was a relief to get the points at the end but we endured the other emotion a few weeks ago when the oppo...
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