The much vaunted Vunipola brothers shipped back to England!

They have big reps but were limited influences. Billys missing the Lions tour of New Zealand was well documented in the media.

Vunipola brothers leave SA tour

Cape Town - Vunipola brothers Billy and Mako, as well as prop Ellis Genge, have left England’s tour of South Africa ahead of the third and final Test in Cape Town on Saturday.

No 8 Billy Vunipola re-fractured his arm in Saturday's 23-12 loss to the Springboks in Bloemfontein which meant the home side clinched the series 2-0 with a match to spare.

He spent four months on the sidelines this year after breaking his arm in a European Champions Cup tie for his club Saracens, and was forced off again on Saturday before half-time. 

Exeter Chiefs' Alec Hepburn has been called up as a front-row replacement.

Hepburn, 25, has two caps, both in this year’s Six Nations, and will link up with the squad at their training base outside Durban ahead of the final Test.

The Boks could inflict a sixth Test defeat in a row on Eddie Jones’ ailing side.

England have not lost six Tests in a row since they went on a seven-match losing streak in 2006.

Never realised Faf was that hard on the poor Poms! Wish them a speedy recovery of course!!!

Don't be too hard on Eddie - rather you should hail him for advising the Springboks backline how to play rugby and thus to assist them to winning the WC.  After all both the coach and his backline coaches  knowledge  of backline performance and usage were -10 below zero.   

Yes with Alistair Coetzee as backline coach Jake realised he was in big trouble and called up Eddie who made a vast difference!