THERE have been plenty of mixed messages surrounding coronavirus, and the RFU have not been immune, with England’s decision to send Mako Vunipola packing as ‘a precautionary measure’ a case in point.
No sooner had the England loose-head been excluded from attending the England camp ahead of yesterday’s Six Nations curtain-call against Wales – mainly because he had been in transit in Hong Kong during a return flight after visiting relatives in Tonga – than Public Health England (PHE) described the decision as “unnecessary”.
PHE issued this crit...