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Manu Tuilagi will be warmly acclaimed at Twickenham on Saturday for belatedly earning a 50th cap — 13 years after his first encounter with the Springboks allowed him to avoid deportation as an illegal immigrant.
The 31-year-old will lead out England to face the world champions for a personal landmark which has been a triumph of perseverance after so many cruel injury ordeals.
But it is also a triumph for all those who fought to stop him being thrown out of the country when it was discovered he had overstayed his six-month holiday visa by six years.
Manu Tuilagi is set to receive his 50th England cap against the Springboks on Saturday
It comes 13 years after the centre was nearly deported after a Leicester game
When Tuilagi lined up for Leicester against South Africa at Welford Road in 2009, he had been advised that immigration officials would be in attendance, ready to
