Billy Vunipola out for rest of season as World Cup comeback hopes dealt blow

It is also a blow to his hopes of mounting an England comeback in time for this autumn’s World Cup.

Billy Vunipola will miss the business end of the season because of a knee injury (Ben Whitley/PA)

Billy Vunipola’s season is over after he sustained a knee injury in Saracens’ Heineken Champions Cup defeat at La Rochelle on Sunday.

Vunipola will miss the Gallagher Premiership leaders’ last three games of the regular season and home semi-final, as well as the Twickenham final if they reach that stage.