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How Kyle Sinckler is coping with F-bomb ban: 'Today we came off our team run and he was one of the most vocal'
Bristol boss Pat Lam has reported that suspended England tighthead Kyle Sinckler has been full of enthusiasm during training at the Gallagher Premiership club while serving the ban recently sustained for aggressively swearing at a referee.
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Sinckler was cited earlier this month for shouting “Are you f***ing serious?” at referee Karl Dickson during Bristol’s Premiership win at defending champions Exeter.
Evidence presented by Sinckler at the RFU hearing revealed that the England prop felt he was the victim of a potential leg-breaking tackle from Luke Cowan-Dickie, adding that Exeter players were laughing at him and telling him to stop being a pussy followed his heated reaction during the January 9 league game at Sandy Park.
The outcome of the hearing was an ill-timed two-game ban for Sinckler. If this month’s European games had gone ahead as planned, the 27-year-old would have by now served his suspension and would be clear to join up with the England squad who assembled on Wednesday at St George’s Park in Burton.
However, those club cancellations mean that Sinckler has yet to miss a match – he will sit out Bristol’s Friday night league game with Bath and will also be marked absent for England when they open their Six Nations campaign against Scotland on February 6.
"He thought the tackle potentially could have broken his leg… his whole career flashed in front of him"
"The Exeter players were laughing at him, saying things to the effect of stop being a pussy"#GallagherPrem #GuinnessSixNations https://t.co/GivqijOK8V
— RugbyPass (@RugbyPass) January 20, 2021
Missing out will be huge for Sinckler who has become an integral part of the English Test team in recent years, featuring in 32 of their last 33 matches and making 26 starts. The ban was a subject England boss Eddie Jones steered clear of at last week’s squad announcement. However, Sinckler’s club coach Lam has said he hasn’t had to gee his player up to help him get through this enforced layoff.
“I didn’t have to give him any message,” said Lam at his weekly media briefing when asked by RugbyPass how Sinckler was coping with his suspension. “Kyle has been great, he has been working away on being ready for selection again.
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“He has been training hard with the group. He has been a great team man. I’ll tell you what, I found it interesting when he was away (in October/November with England) and I saw that article when he talked about he was only really at 20 per cent for Bristol.
“I was wow, 20 per cent because he was pretty good, but now since he came back after the autumn internationals I can understand. He has gone on to another level. And not only in his playing but in his contribution around the group.
“Today we came off our team run and he was one of the most vocal, driving the standard of the 23 to ensure the team plays well. And he has connected so well with so many guys, he has been phenomenal and we have really enjoyed having him here.”
Lam added how he was an admirer of Sinckler and the player’s ability to overcome adversity long before he arrived at Ashton Gate last summer following his signing from Harlequins.
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“The thing I have admired about Kyle, even from a distance, you read about guy’s stories and backgrounds and the work that he does and the community he came from as well to inspire these young guys, it doesn’t matter what situation.
“And that is the thing: we have a lot of guys in this group and I keep saying it, we are a little example of the way the world can be. We have got guys from all over the world, 18-year-olds up to 38-year-olds, not including all the staff.
“Then you have got people from private school backgrounds to public to state schools. We have got people from poor backgrounds to rich. At the end of the day we respect each other, we build relationships and it’s awesome to see.
“I say to the guys it’s no different from the world that you live in. It’s fortunate that we have that and that is why the guys (like Sinckler) enjoy being here.”
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— RugbyPass (@RugbyPass) January 23, 2021
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Wasnt late. Ref 2 assistants andTMO all saw it so who are you to say it was?
3 Go to commentsAre the Brumbies playing the Blues twice in a row?
3 Go to commentsBig difference from the Saders. Forwards really muscled up and laid a solid platform. Scooter brought some steel and I liked the loosie combination. Newell has been rather disappointing this season but stepped up big time - happy also to see Franks dot down. He should do that more often! Reihana had a good game and there seems to be more flair and invention with him in the saddle. McNicoll plays well from the back and is reliable plus inventive when he joins the line. Keep it up chaps!
3 Go to comments🤦♂️🤣 who cares who’s the best . All I know is the All Blacks have the star coach but have few star players now …
30 Go to commentsJe suis sûr que Farrell est impatient de jouer avec Lopez et Machenaud et d’être entraîné par Collazo… 🤭
1 Go to commentsAn on field red (aka a full red) in SRP must surely carry a bigger suspension than a red card given by the bunker as that carries a 20 minute team punishment. Had Damon Murphy abdicated his responsibility as a ref and issued both Drua players a yellow, which would have been upgraded to a 20 minute red by the bunker, that would have killed Australia and New Zealand’s push for the 20 minute red to be trialled globally from July this year.
11 Go to commentsEver so often you all post a Danny Care story that isn’t the announcement that he has finally re-signed for one more, victory tour season at Quins and I’m just like, “well you fooled me again!” My absolute favorite player ever, we need to make his final year at the Stoop (and Twickers) official already. I know he supposedly snubbed France but I won’t feel better until he signs.
1 Go to commentslate hit what late hit it wasn’t at all late and can clearly see he was committed before the tackle
3 Go to commentsChristian Lio -Willies 2 try perfomance was a standout. As was captain Scott Barrett. Up front was where the boys won it.They are a great team and players. Fantastic Crusaders , you can keep going.
3 Go to commentsI don't know how the locals feel about that? I guess if you call yourselves the Worcester Wasps that might be appease. But really we need more teams in the Premiership in my view so they are not padding it out as they are at the moment. It might curtail so many players going abroad as well
5 Go to commentsNZ 😭😭😭is certainly rivaling England for best whingers cup!😭😭😭 !!!
30 Go to commentsYup. New Zealand won 3 out of 10 world cups played. SA 4 out of 8 attempts 30 Vs 50 per cent.🤔🤔
30 Go to commentsShould've done this years ago. Change Saturday kick off times to around 11am. Up and off and back home before 3pm, limit travel time too. Allows players to actually do something else with their Saturday that's family oriented or being rugby fans they could ‘watch’ pro rugby. Increases crowds etc. How can anyone that enjoys grassroots and pro rugby have to choose between the two on Saturdays?
9 Go to commentsI bet he inspired those supporters just as much.
1 Go to commentsBen Smith Springboks living rent free in his head 😊😂
67 Go to commentsGood to hear he would like to play the game at the highest level, I hadn’t been to sure how much of a motivator that was before now. Sadly he’s probably chosen the rugby club to go to. Try not to worry about all the input about how you should play rugby Joey and just try to emulate what you do on the league field and have fun. You’ll limit your game too much (well not really because he’s a standard athlete like SBW and he’ll still have enough) if you’re trying to make sure you can recycle the ball back etc. On the other hard, you can totally just try and recycle by looking to offload any and everywhere if you’re going to ground 😋
1 Go to commentsThis just proves that theres always a stat and a metric to use to justify your abilities and your success. Ben did it last week by creating an imaginary competition and now you did the same to counter his argument and espouse a new yardstick for success. Why not just use the current one and lets say the Boks have won 4 world cups making them the most successful world cup team. Outside of the world cup the All Blacks are the most successful team winning countless rugby championships and dominating the rankings with high win percentages. Over the last 4 years statistically the Irish are the best having the highest win rate and also having positive records against every tier 1 side. The most successful Northern team in the game has been England with a world cup title and the most six nations titles in history. The AB’s are the most dominant team in history with the highest win rate and 3 world cups. Lets not try to reinvent the wheel. Just be honest about the actual stats and what each team has been good at doing and that will be enough to define their level of success.
30 Go to commentsHow is 7’s played there? I’m surprised 10 or 11 man rugby hasn’t taken off. 7 just doesn’t fit the 15s dynamics (rules n field etc) but these other versions do.
9 Go to commentsPick Swinton at your peril A liability just like JWH from the Roosters Skelton ??? went missing at RWC
14 Go to commentsLike tennis, who have a ranking system, and I believe rugby too, just measure over each period preceding a world cup event who was the longest number one and that would be it. In tennis the number one player frequently is not the grand slam winner. I love and adore the All Blacks since the days of Ian Kirkpatrick when I was a kid in SA. And still do because they are the masters of running rugby and are gentleman on and off the field - in general. And in my opinion they have been the majority of the time the best rugby team in the world.
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