Saracens & England Star Billy Vunipola Set To Walk Away From Rugby
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Saracens and England number 8 Billy Vunipola is set for a shock move away from rugby.
The 24-year-old, who has been in superb form for club and country over the past 18 months, revealed he is eager to test himself in another sport- American football.
Speaking to The Times ahead of England’s November 12 opener against South Africa, Vunipola said:
“I’m at Saracens until 2019, pushing myself with regards to international honours and seeing if I can represent England. It is hard as a rugby player to talk about stuff like that (future career),”
“I really, really would like to go away and play something else. I really want to try out NFL, just push myself and give it a crack. If it doesn’t happen then go home.
“It is a long time until then and my mum will probably read this and tell me to shut up and concentrate on one thing.”
While Vunipola is keen to give American Football a try in the future, he admitted that he was not a fan of watching the NFL on television.
“No. I actually don’t enjoy watching it but I look at it, and think, ‘If he can do it, I can do it’,”
“At the moment my focus is fully on rugby but it is something I dream about. It interests me. Their pitch is so small. That is why they are so particular about movements and where their feet are.”
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