Billy Vunipola interview: I won't play for Tonga and I'm proud to be English | The Rugby Bunker

Hello, everybody.

Welcome back to a bonus episode of the Rugby Bunker.

I had a chat on Friday afternoon with Billy Vunipola, the Montpellier number eight, uh, former England number eight, who I wanted to ask about, um, well, many things really.

I wanted to chat to him about his good form for Montpellier, who are, um, if you're not following the Top 14, doing really well in the Top 14, right in the mix for the playoffs, having an excellent season.

Recently won away at Bordeaux, who, as you know, Bordeaux Beg doing pretty well in Europe and in the, uh, in the Top 14.

But I wanted to chat to Billy not only about Montpellier, but also his kind of...

The kind of...

How do I put this? The kind of speculation around whether he could turn out for Tonga, uh, down the line ahead of next year's Rugby World Cup.

And, and also just his other thoughts on his brother, Mako Vunipola, going to Leicester, Tom Willis leaving Saracens, um, to go to, to go to Bordeaux as well.

And also just his, not so much what happened in, in New York a couple of years ago, but more just how that moment has maybe changed his outlook or the effect that it's had on him moving forward as a player.

So great to chat to him about a number of topics.

He's always very engaging and honest, and that's why I wanted to do a, a standalone podcast episode.

So yeah, or a YouTube video.

Um, Charlie and I will be back as usual next week, but yeah, for now, here's me and Billy Vunipola.

Enjoy.

Hello, everybody.

Welcome back to a bonus episode of the Rugby Bunker.

I had a chat on Friday afternoon with Billy Vunipola, the Montpellier number eight, uh, former England number eight, who I wanted to ask about, um, well, many things really.

I wanted to chat to him about his good form for Montpellier, who are, um, if you're not following the Top 14, doing really well in the Top 14, right in the mix for the playoffs, having an excellent season.

Recently won away at Bordeaux, who, as you know, Bordeaux Beg doing pretty well in Europe and in the, uh, in the Top 14.

But I wanted to chat to Billy not only about Montpellier, but also his kind of...

The kind of...

How do I put this? The kind of speculation around whether he could turn out for Tonga, uh, down the line ahead of next year's Rugby World Cup.

And, and also just his other thoughts on his brother, Mako Vunipola, going to Leicester, Tom Willis leaving Saracens, um, to go to, to go to Bordeaux as well.

And also just his, not so much what happened in, in New York a couple of years ago, but more just how that moment has maybe changed his outlook or the effect that it's had on him moving forward as a player.

So great to chat to him about a number of topics.

He's always very engaging and honest, and that's why I wanted to do a, a standalone podcast episode.

So yeah, or a YouTube video.

Um, Charlie and I will be back as usual next week, but yeah, for now, here's me and Billy Vunipola.

Enjoy.