‘We turn up, or we are going home’ – Billy Vunipola spells it out for England | Robert Kitson

The No 8 recalls England’s failings in 2015 and knows what is at stake in the World Cup quarter-final against AustraliaAt training on Wednesday Billy Vunipola gathered his England teammates around him and delivered seven words they absolutely did not want to hear. “Lads, this could be our last session,” the No 8 told his perspiring comrades. When one or two started smiling, assuming he was having a laugh, he instantly put them straight. “Look, I’m being serious. If we don’t turn up, we are going home.”Win or lose in the quarter-final against Australia, it was a revealing snapshot. Vunipola is …