England’s Billy Vunipola has no regrets over pulling out of Lions tour

• No 8 withdrew because of a shoulder injury• ‘My conscience told me I shouldn’t go’Billy Vunipola has defended his decision to withdraw from the summer’s British & Irish Lions tour because of a shoulder injury, saying that “otherwise I’d be letting people down” and insisting “there are more important things in life”.Writing in his new book, Wrecking Ball, Vunipola explains it was a long-standing shoulder injury that forced him to pull out of the touring squad, just hours before he was due to join a Lions training camp. Continue reading...