Rugby: “This warning will remain on his file for five years…” Billy Vunipola called to order by the English Federation

Billy Vunipola was spared. During the last weekend of April, the third line of the XV de la Rose (74 selections) slipped and even became uncontrollable when leaving a dance bar in Majorca, as the British press could report.

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The police even had to use a taser to calm him down. Following this event, his club Saracens published a press release in which the player wished to express his apologies.

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Many observers allow themselves the right to think that Vunipola would not participate in the last two matches of the season in the Premiership scheduled for this Saturday May 11 (in Bristol) and the following Saturday (against the Sharks) before the possible play-offs.

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But in a press release published this Thursday, May 9, the English Federation decided not to suspend the third row but did not fail to be authoritarian. “This warning will remain on his file for five years and may be invoked in future disciplinary proceedings.”

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While explaining that it had taken into account the excuses of the future Montpellier player, Rugby Football Union made a point of clarifying: “It was made clear to Billy that as a senior and respected player, such actions risked throwing the discredit on the game as a whole.

Since this “unfortunate misunderstanding” as he himself explains in his version of the facts, the Saracens club has still not played again.