Billy Vunipola: ‘My coolest scar is on my forehead’
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The England rugby player, 26, on singing, getting emotional and the joy of winningMy earliest memory is of Heathrow airport when I moved from Tonga to the UK, aged six. It was so cold I could see my breath, so I pretended I was smoking. The crowds were the opposite to what we had known in my little village of Longolongo.A happy childhood is about freedom. In Tonga I would roam the streets, barter with my cousins for cash so I could buy ice cream or a loaf of bread to share, then play touch rugby until it got dark.Tongan culture teaches you to put others first. That didn’t help me early in my r…





