Anyone who watched Saturday night's cracking Rugby World Cup pool match between England and Wales would have witnessed first hand just how physical a match it was.
Massive hits were going in all over the pitch, and towards the end of the game the physicality began to takes its toll as we saw a number of players forced to withdraw due to injury. One of those players was England's number eight Billy Vunipola who was replaced by James Haskell after 63 minutes while complaining about a knee injury, and now he has taken to twitter to reveal the extent of that injury:
I'm gutted to say that my 2015 RWC journey has come to an abrupt end. Now time to give my all for @EnglandRugby from the stands #WearTheRose
— Billy Vunipola (@bvunipola) September 28, 2015
A bad night continues to get worse for England.
As a replacement, veteran back row Nick Easter called into the squad:
#ENG announce that Nick Easter has been called up to replace the injured Billy Vunipola #RWC2015 pic.twitter.com/JXCxWx2RL9
— Rugby World Cup (@rugbyworldcup) September 28, 2015
England take on Australia on Saturday in what is now a make or break game for the Rugby World Cup host nation.
