Billy Vunipola’s profession plunged into doubt after drunken Majorca incident… with Montpellier monitoring the state of affairs forward of his proposed transfer to the French membership

Billy Vunipola’s profession was plunged into doubt on Monday as he flew house from a Saracens journey to Majorca after being tasered by police for resisting arrest and assaulting an officer.

The 31-year-old England No 8 arrived at Stansted Airport with team-mates amid a membership investigation into the occasions which led to him being tasered twice in a bar in Palma within the early hours of Sunday.

A drunk, shirtless Vunipola was restrained and brought to hospital, the place he needed to be strapped to a mattress. 

He went on to face an ‘specific’ trial in court docket, the place he was fined €240 (£205) and handed a suspended four-month jail sentence.

As revealed by Mail Sport yesterday, the youthful of Saracens’ two Vunipola brothers had been teetotal since August 2022, till his membership’s Balearic bonding journey. Vunipola fell off the wagon to such a harmful extent that his taking part in future is now unclear.

Saracens star Billy Vunipola was arrested after a drunken incident in a nightclub in Majorca

Vunipola apologised after he was charged with assaulting an officer and resisting arrest

First, the Premiership champions should determine if the ugly episode requires additional inside motion to be taken. Up to now, all Saracens have said publicly is that they may make their very own enquiries and won’t remark additional till these have been concluded. 

The hazard to Vunipola is that he could possibly be suspended, though such a sanction is unlikely. Alternatively, he could also be marginalised by his membership earlier than a cross-Channel transfer on the finish of the season.

The subsequent hazard is that Montpellier change their minds about recruiting the Anglo-Tongan large this summer season.

Mail Sport understands that the French membership are monitoring the fall-out from the Majorca incident. Because it stands, the deal is on and Vunipola will go over for a medical subsequent month.

Earlier than that, he’ll wrestle with regrets. In an announcement yesterday, Vunipola mentioned: ‘I can verify I used to be concerned in an unlucky misunderstanding after I was leaving a membership in Majorca on Sunday, which obtained out of hand.

‘Opposite to media studies, there was no violence, no struggle and I didn’t threaten anyone at any stage, with bottles or chairs or anything.

The incident comes with Vunipola having agreed to affix French membership Montpellier this summer season

‘I used to be charged with resisting the legislation and, following an specific trial, I’ve paid a high quality of €240. The Spanish police investigation is now closed and I’m flying again to the UK immediately.

‘I’ll clearly co-operate with the Saracens inside course of and unreservedly apologise for any inconvenience to all concerned.’