Vunipola hopeful on Rugby World Cup prospects despite knee surgery
Billy Vunipola faces a race against time to be fit for the Rugby World Cup after undergoing a minor operation on his injured knee.
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Billy Vunipola hopes to be fit for World Cup despite knee operation
Billy Vunipola has undergone a minor operation on his injured knee but expects to be fit for the Rugby World Cup.
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Wing Ollie Hassell-Collins has been axed from England’s World Cup training squad as Northampton Saints and Leicester Tigers players come back into the fold. Northampton and Leicester both lost the Premiership semi-finals in mid-May and the return of their players has led to a shake-up in an expanded 38-man England squad.
Billy Vunipola back in Steve Borthwick’s England plans ahead of the World Cup
Billy Vunipola has forced his way into England’s planning for the World Cup as Steve Borthwick revealed the Saracens number eight is eager to seize his opportunity.
Injured Vunipola's World Cup hopes handed boost
Billy Vunipola's hopes of an England recall ahead of the Rugby World Cup have been thrown a lifeline after Saracens' Director of Rugby Mark McCall said the number eight is expected to recover from a knee injury in time for this year's tournament.
Vunipola's England hopes suffer blow after knee injury
Billy Vunipola will miss the rest of the domestic season after sustaining a knee injury, his club Saracens said on Wednesday, dealing a major blow to the number eight's hopes of an England recall ahead of the Rugby World Cup.
Saracens and England number eight Billy Vunipola’s 2023 World Cup in doubt after season-ending knee injury
Saracens and England number eight Billy Vunipola will miss the rest of the domestic season after suffering a knee injury, and is a doubt for the 2023 World Cup in France. Vunipola picked up the injury during the first half of Saracens’ Heineken Champions Cup quarter-final defeat at La Rochelle on Sunday.
O'Gara's La Rochelle clinically dispatch Saracens
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