By Will Kelleher For The Daily Mail
Published: 22:03 GMT, 9 January 2019 | Updated: 22:59 GMT, 9 January 2019
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Billy Vunipola is on a diet of milk and vitamin D tablets to try to rid himself of an injury curse that has seen him break his arms three times in 10 months.
The Saracens and England No 8 will play the second match of his latest comeback in the Heineken Champions Cup against Lyon on Sunday.
And ahead of the biggest year of his life, which includes the World Cup and his wedding back in Tonga, Vunipola has one ominous wish.
Billy Vunipola will play the second match of his latest comeback in Lyon on Sunday
Vunipola has one wish. ‘I won’t say “stay fit” because that is just accepting staying fit and mediocre,’ he said.
‘I don’t just want to be fit, I want to be fit and good. I don’t want to be the same player, I want to be better.’
When taking blood tests after his latest blow - breaking his left arm against Glasgow in October having previously fractured his right on two separate occasions - it was discovered Vunipola was deficient in vitamin D which might have contributed to his horrible injury run.
'My skin colour and not having much sun has affected it,' he added before admitting he is following Joe Marler's recovery plan of drinking vast quantities of milk to strengthen his bones.
'There's carbs in milk so I try to stay away from it!
