BLACK SOCIAL HISTORY : AFRO-ENGLISH " BILLY VUNIPOLA " IS AN ENGLISH RUGBY UNION PLAYER HE PLAYS FOR SARACENS AND THE ENGLAND NATIONAL TEAM : GOES INTO THE " HALL OF BLACK GENIUS "

                          BLACK                SOCIAL            HISTORY                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Billy Vunipola (born Viliami Vunipola 3 November 1992) is an English rugby union player. He plays at Back row for Saracens in theAviva Premiership and England.

Club career

London Wasps

While at Harrow School, Billy joined the London Wasps Academy. He made his senior team debut in 2011-12 season and played 30 matches over two seasons before leaving at the end of the 2012-2013 season.

Saracens

Vunipola signed a contract in January 2013 to move to Saracens at the end of the 2012-13 Aviva Premiership.

International Career

After representing England at U18 and U20 level, Billy was called up to the England Saxons Squad in January 2013. He trained with theEngland Squad during the 2013 Six Nations Championship and made his senior England debut during the England tour of Argentina in the test against Argentina in Salta in June 2013, coming off the bench to score a try in England's 32-3 win.^[2] Earlier in the tour he played in an un-capped match against a Consur XV, in this match he completed a hat-trick in six minutes.

England Head Coach Stuart Lancaster selected Billy in his squad for the Autumn Internationals. ^[3]

Personal life

Billy was born in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia to former Tongan captain Fe'ao Vunipola and Methodist Minister, Rev. Iesinga Vunipola (who is also Chaplain to the UK Tongan Community).^[4] He is also the nephew of two other former international players, Manu and 'Elisi Vunipola who both represented Tonga in the 1990s. His brother, Mako Vunipola plays at prop for Saracens.

After moving to England with his family as                                                                  a child, he was educated at the Castle School in Thornbury, and played junior rugby for Thornbury RFC before winning a scholarship to attend Harrow School.

International tries

Try	Opposing team	Location	Venue	Competition	Date	Result	Score
† x3	South American XV	Montevideo, Uruguay	Estadio Charrúa	Summer International	2 June 2013	Win	41 – 21 [5]
1	Argentina	Salta, Argentina	Estadio Padre Ernesto Martearena	Summer International	8 June 2013	Win	32 - 3 [6]

† Full international cap not awarded for South American XV Test match ^[7]