Butter fingers
Rule number one when going for the try line is to keep your bloody hands on the ball.
That is especially true when you have done the hard part of making an excellent blockdown and are just metres from touching down.
Unfortunately it’s advice that Billy Vunipola failed to heed this afternoon in Saracens Premiership clash with Northamapton.
The England international somehow manged to make an absolute mess of his handling and knocked it on inches from the line.
The Saracens twitter did try to spare his blushes somewhat with a sympathetic tweet
33min: Billy Vunipola charges down Stephen Myler and but looks to have spilled the ball just inches before the line. #SarriesLive
— Saracens Rugby Club (@Saracens) April 25, 2015
His day then just got a whole lot worse as injury was added to the insult of earlier in the game
39min: Billy Vunipola is replaced by Jackson Wray at No8. #SarriesLive
— Saracens Rugby Club (@Saracens) April 25, 2015
Northampton went on to win the game 25-20
