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We’ll have no problems with Billy insists Shields

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The Rugby Paper Team
21 April 2019

■By NEALE HARVEY
BRADShields foresees “no issues” between social media rebel Billy Vunipola and his England teammates once World Cup preparations begin.
Vunipola was last week given a ‘formal warning’ by the RFU and ‘reminded of his responsibilities’ by Saracens after the Red Rose No.8 defended Wallaby Israel Folau’s Instagram post claiming “hell awaits” gay people.
Shields, right, currently fighting for a World Cup berth alongside Vunipola, told The Rugby Paper: “You’ve got to let the process take care of itself and th...

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