Boost for Saracens and England as Billy Vunipola and Maro Itoje set to return
Saracens and England have received a major double boost with Billy Vunipola and Maro Itoje returning from injury on Sunday.
Powerful number eight Vunipola has been sidelined since September because of a knee injury, raising concerns that he might not be fit for the start of this season’s Six Nations.
Lock Itoje, meanwhile, broke his jaw a month ago, but Saracens have announced both players in their starting line-up for the Ricoh Arena appointment with Wasps.
It also means they are available for Saracens’ final two European Champions Cup pool fixtures against Ospreys and Northampton, with the holders realistically needing victory in both matches to keep alive quarter-final ambitions.
Vunipola missed the British and Irish Lions’ New Zealand tour last summer because of a shoulder problem, but his latest comeback begins a month before England’s Six Nations opener against Italy in Rome.