The England centre will play what could be his final home game for Sale Sharks on Friday before he joins French Top 14 club Bayonne in the summer.
Manu Tuilagi has played his final game for England after agreeing to join French club Bayonne next season in a two-year-deal.
England centre Manu Tuilagi is due in Bayonne on Monday for talks that could finally settle his future despite a double-late bid for his services from two leading Japanese outfits.
Manu Tuilagi has declined to reveal his plans for next season amid expectation that Saturday’s Guinness Six Nations clash with France would be his final game for England.
Tuilagi will make his first appearance of the 2024 Guinness Six Nations, filling the vacancy on the bench created when Immanuel Feyi-Waboso’s concussion-enforced absence resulted in Elliot Daly’s return to the starting XV.
The English burst into life in their head coach’s 20th game in charge, ending Irish hopes of back-to-back Guinness Six Nations Grand Slams with a redemptive 23-22 triumph in London.
Ford and Farrell are starting together for the first time since the 2021 Six Nations.
A former Samoa international has refrained from throwing his support behind World Rugby chairman Bill Beaumont's call to let tier one players represent Pacific teams.
In a week where the All Blacks’ Barrett brothers made headlines, the world was reminded that the Tuilagi family still go down as rugby’s most formidable ensemble, certainly in terms of size.
He may be one of England's key players leading into their World Cup opener against Tonga next week, but Manu Tuilagi says he is still Samoan at heart.