VUNIPOLA FIT TO RETURN FROM MID-SEPTEMBER

BILLY VUNIPOLA is set to miss the start of the new season but Saracens hope the England No 8 will be back by mid-September. Vunipola, 25, broke his right arm in the second Test against South Africa in June, soon after having four months out with a similar injury. He won’t make Sunday week’s opener against Newcastle but director of rugby Mark McCall said he will be ready by ‘game two or three’.