"He sent me a really long message" - Billy Vunipola's Dad savages England return

Monday, 18 July 2022 at 13:20

byRugby Rucker

Following a year out of the England team, iIt wasn’t an easy return for Billy Vunipola as England lost their first test in over six years to the Aussies, and his father was having none of it.

“He sent me a really long message saying how disappointed he was with my performance, how he had been excited to see me play and just felt flat after the game because he hadn’t seen the person he thought was going to turn up,

“I wanted him to not send me another message like that. That was one of the small motivating factors. But the biggest one was for myself. I wanted to go out there and put my best foot forward.”.

Not wanting to receive feedback like that from his father again, Billy ensured he put in a truly incredible performance in the following two tests to wrap up a 2-1 series win.

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Ellis Genge - A*

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Will Stuart - B

Mako Vunipola - C

Joe Heyes C

HOOKERS

Jamie George - B

Luke Cowan-Dickie - C-

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SECOND-ROW

Ollie Chessum - B

Maro Itoje - C

Jonny Hill - A

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Jonny Hill wanted to be helped up off the ground. Folau Fainga'a left him hanging... #AUSvENG

12:07 PM · Jul 9, 2022

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Nick Isiekwe - C

BACK-ROW

Sam Underhill - E

Tom Curry - C

Billy Vunipola - A

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