Injury prone: Billy Vunipola has spent months on sideline
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IT is no surprise that England’s five Test crash, and some of the close-call wins that preceded it, have coincided with Billy Vunipola’s run of injuries since Eddie Jones’ and his team whitewashed Australia two summers ago.
On that tour the heavy-duty Saracens No.8 was world class, capping a series in which he was the dominant forward on the pitch with an unstoppable No.8 pick-and-go try on the blindside in the last minutes of the final Test against the Wallabies.
It was hoped that Big Billy...
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