No 8 was sent off in Champions Cup against BullsCommittee ruled insufficient force used in strike to head
Billy Vunipola’s red card he received during Saracens’ Champions Cup game against the Bulls on Saturday in South Africa has been overturned. It means the England No 8 is available for Saturday’s European appointment with Connacht.
Vunipola was sent off early in the second half by the Italian referee, Andrea Piardi, for a dangerous strike to the head area of the Bulls forward Cameron Hanekom. The 31-year-old, who appeared by video link before an independent disciplinary panel, accepted he had committed an act of foul play, but not that it warranted a red card.
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