Billy Vunipola recalled to solve No8 problem for England’s tour of Australia
‘We have a very strong squad capable of winning the series’Photograph: Bob Bradford/CameraSport/Getty ImagesPhotograph: Bob Bradford/CameraSport/Getty ImagesBilly Vunipola has been handed a recall for England’s summer tour of Australia by Eddie Jones, who has summoned the No 8 into his squad for the first time since the 2021 Six Nations.
The Northampton pair of Tommy Freeman and Fraser Dingwall are among the uncapped players, as is the tighthead prop Patrick Schickerling and the hooker Jack Walker, both of whom featured on Sunday. There is no room for either of Max Malins or Elliot Daly from Saracens with George Furbank recovering from a recent head injury.
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