As he pulled on an England shirt again Kyle Sinckler stopped to think who he was about to represent. A nation in lockdown, looking for a reason to be cheerful on yet another blank weekend. Kids, like his twin brother and sister, climbing the walls at home, unable to go to school or take part in any sort of sport. He then went out and delivered a man of the match display which led Eddie Jones to liken him to a tiger. "Eddie made the point in our team talk beforehand that 8.7 million people watched our game against Scotland," said the Bristol prop. "You can only imagine how many of them are kids that look up to us as players. "My little brother and sister play football, rugby, tennis and at the moment they are just stuck at home. We wanted to put smiles on faces." Sinckler's performance on his first game back from suspension was emblematic of this England victory. It was about taking responsibility for past failings and showing lessons had been learned. In England's case from their Calcutta Cup shocker. Sinckler as an individual made a better fist of it than England as a team, huffing… Read full this story
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