BEFORE he heads home to Australia, former Gloucester head coach Laurie Fisher has been casting his eye over England’s line-up and believes barnstorming back rower Billy Vunipola can now genuinely lay claim to being among the half-dozen world-class performers England will need to win the next World Cup.
Fisher reckons England are rapidly closing the gap on New Zealand and identifies Vunipola’s Saracens club mates Owen Farrell and Maro Itoje as others to have emerged as global superstars.
Fisher, who returns to Australia next month after quitting as Gloucester head coach, said: &l...