Billy Vunipola has been named to start in England’s second Rugby World Cup warm-up match against Wales on Saturday, returning from a knee injury. Vunipola has not played since April but gets the nod three days after Steve Borthwick named him as the only No 8 in his World Cup squad.
As revealed by the Guardian Borthwick has called on five of Vunipola’s Saracens teammates including the captain, Owen Farrell. Jamie George, Maro Itoje, Ben Earl, and Elliot Daly also start with Borthwick making 11 changes from the side that lost to Wales in Cardiff last Saturday and naming something much closer to his first-choice XV.
