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I'm still more a person of Jesus - Billy Vunipola explains protest decision

I'm still more a person of Jesus - Billy Vunipola explains protest decision

By Naveel Krishant
20/08/2020
Vunipola stood before Saracens' defeat by Bristol last weekend, while the majority of his team-mates knelt. [Image: BBC.co]

Billy Vunipola says his Christian faith meant he was uncomfortable with the idea of taking a knee as part of the Premiership's anti-racism protest.

Vunipola stood before Saracens' defeat by Bristol last weekend, while the majority of his team-mates knelt.

He told The Good, The Bad and The Rugby that though he is a person of colour, he is still more a person of Jesus.

Vunipola adds what he saw in terms of that movement was not aligned with what he believes in.

Claims that arson attacks on churches were connected to protests in the US have been investigated by police and are unproven.

Premiership teams marked the return of top-flight rugby for the first time since the death of American George Floyd in police custody in May with a variety of displays of support for anti-racism.

[Source: BBC]

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