Saracens can conquer Europe after overcoming adversity, says Vunipola

The England prop has seen the Londoners accused of flouting salary cap regulations and brother Billy reprimanded by club and country for showing support of homophobic comments made by fallen Aussie star Israel Folau. Ahead of tomorrow’s Champions Cup final in Newcastle, Vunipola admits there has been “a lot” to deal with but says the players have tackled it by pulling tight together. I think our semi-final performance against Munster showed the answer we came up with.” That day Saracens swatted aside the two-time tournament winners, weathering a storm of jeers and cat calls directed at Billy Vunipola. Behind the collective show of defiance have been testing times for the Vunipolas over Billy’s social media declaration that “man was made for woman to procreate, that was the goal, no?” Also with suggestions, strongly rejected, that their joint company, which has involvement from Saracens owner Nigel Wray, is part of a salary cap-busting initiative by the club. We have spoken to the authorities and given them all the information we have.” The business of Billy and his controversial beliefs will not go away while the offending post remains on his Instagram page. He has to understand the consequences and I think he now does.” In Australia there are reports of disunity within the Wallabies team over Folau with some allegedly reluctant to play with him and others feeling their religion is under attack. Mako insists that will not be a problem for either Saracens or England but concedes: “With social media the public have a lot of access to us as players.

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