Quote:Bri
Yes he has English passport.
Quote:Are you sure that was not his brother Mako? who went to Sarries at the end of last season. Billy has been at Wasps for for a few years and has not played for Bristol for 4 yearsBathovalballer
Vunipola was a prop at Bristol two years ago and we should have taken him then!
Quote:Are you sure Billy never played at Bristol, I thought he was was listed for Bristol at age grade rugby.Bri
He's a islander,works for 20 minutes a game.Billy was never at Bristol
Quote:RFU on Billy Vunipola
A member of the London Wasps Academy, he played for Bristol in 2007-08 and has benefited from the England U18 coaching team of John Fletcher and Peter Walton.
Quote:wasps.co.uk (England under 18 side)1 Rob Buchanan (Harlequins St Bedes School) 2 Peter Austin (London Irish St Paul's Catholic College) 3 Ryan Bower (Leicester Tigers John Cleveland College) 4 Sam Twomey (Harlequins Dulwich College) 5 Charlie Matthews (Harlequins Hurstpierpoint College) 6 Billy Vunipola (Bristol Rugby Castle School) 7 Matt Everard (Leicester Tigers Wyggeston&QueenElizabeth) 8 Alex Gray (Newcastle Falcons Barnard Castle School)
Quote:Ex-Bod
Is it's Bath's function (based on the understanding that they are a private Limited Company) to produce players for England, or produce players that win the prizes for the club?
Quote:TCM2007Quote:Ex-Bod
Is it's Bath's function (based on the understanding that they are a private Limited Company) to produce players for England, or produce players that win the prizes for the club?
The Academies are co-funded by the RFU to produce players for England.
Next question?
Quote:TCM2007
Poaching kids from Kolpak countries is no kind of development strategy for me.
I know you're in favour of mystery overseas plans to extract foreign players, but we'd be much better concentrating on bringing on home grown talent, and top up with a few seasoned foreign pros.
YMMV.