{"id":290029,"date":"2023-09-25T22:38:12","date_gmt":"2023-09-25T22:38:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=290029"},"modified":"2023-09-25T22:38:12","modified_gmt":"2023-09-25T22:38:12","slug":"kyle-sinckler-reveals-chest-injury-threatened-to-ko-world-cup-dream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/rugby-union\/kyle-sinckler-reveals-chest-injury-threatened-to-ko-world-cup-dream\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyle Sinckler reveals chest injury threatened to KO World Cup dream"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>England prop\u00a0Kyle Sinckler reveals how chest injury threatened to crush his World Cup dream &#8211; four years after being knocked out in final defeat by South Africa<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Kyle Sinckler\u00a0suffered an injury scare days before the departure for France<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Prop had to convince England boss Steve Borthwick to take him to World Cup<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The 30-year-old has started the last two games against Japan and Chile<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Latest Rugby World Cup 2023 news, including fixtures, live scores and results<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Kyle Sinckler <span>has revealed his sense of relief and appreciation for the chance of another World Cup shot with England, after suffering an injury scare days before the departure for France.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The 30-year-old prop was knocked out of the 2019 final in the opening minutes as England were smashed into submission by South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>Almost four years on, there was a fleeting danger Sinckler wouldn\u2019t even make it to the tournament, but the Bristol tighthead convinced head coach Steve Borthwick he could overcome an untimely chest problem and has been true to his word.<\/p>\n<p>After playing a limited role in England\u2019s warm-up campaign last month, Sinckler was a spectator as Dan Cole started in the No 3 shirt and Will Stuart came off the bench in the opening win over Argentina.<\/p>\n<p>Scrum coach Tom Harrison admitted that, as well as the fitness battle, the man who was a fixture in the front row during Eddie Jones\u2019 tenure had been under orders to improve his set-piece work in order to regain his lost status. But the tide has turned for the two-tour Lion, who has since started the games against Japan and Chile.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/25\/20\/75824163-0-image-a-52_1695670767846.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Kyle Sinckler had to convince England boss Steve Borthwick to take him to the World Cup<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/25\/20\/75824183-0-image-a-51_1695670753765.jpg\" height=\"467\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The England prop was knocked out in the opening minutes of the 2019 World Cup final<\/p>\n<p>Following Saturday\u2019s 71-0 rout of the South Americans in Lille, which left Borthwick\u2019s side with a perfect three-from-three record and on the brink of qualifying as winners of Pool D, Sinckler explained the pre-World Cup setback he came through.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018For me, it is a massive amount of gratitude to be back out there,\u2019 he said. \u2018Before the Fiji game, I pulled up with a pectoral tear, which was really touch and go.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018But I was keen to play last week against Japan and to get the start here was pretty cool. It was the last week in August when I got injured. The scan came back and didn\u2019t look great, but I knew it would be fine. Fair play to the medical staff and Steve for trusting me to say: \u201cI know my body, I\u2019m going to be fine\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I have been on recovery 24\/7 since that game so I am very grateful to be here, at my second World Cup, in my 13th year as a professional.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Sinckler has been grafting behind the scenes on the staples of his game. \u2018The only way to get better at scrummaging is by scrummaging and in pre-season, I have never hit so many scrums in my life,\u2019 he said. \u2018It was really, really tough, but that hard work we put in hopefully is starting to pay dividends now.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Asked how his repertoire has expanded over time, Sinckler added: \u2018The only thing that isn\u2019t expected from me is to kick and take high balls!<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The role has changed since I first came on the scene, and the way I played tighthead prop, a lot of people said, \u201cYou can\u2019t do it that way\u201d; ball-carrying, tips, chasing. I had to really work hard on my scrummaging because that didn\u2019t come naturally.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Now it is, \u201cWe want you to make 10 carries, make 10 tackles, get two or three scrum penalties, be strong in the kick-chase, hit the rucks\u201d, so the standard is high, and that is what I expect.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>There is no scope for complacency, personally or collectively. Cole and Stuart will keep Sinckler on his toes at a time when England\u2019s tighthead hierarchy is not quite as clear as it once was.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018You should never take your position in the team for granted and you should be humble enough to understand that sometimes your role can change,\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n<p>The team challenge is to ward off any complacency ahead of the final pool fixture, against Samoa in Lille a week on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018We are focused on Samoa,\u2019 said. Sinckler. \u2018They\u2019re no mugs. They\u2019re bloody physical. I watched the Argentina game and they got a yellow card after 40 seconds, so those guys will be fired up!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/25\/20\/75824159-0-image-a-53_1695670776928.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The 30-year-old has started the last two games against Japan and Chile at the World Cup<\/p>\n<p>\u2018You can never take it for granted. If you look too far ahead, you don\u2019t respect your next opponent and you are going to be in serious trouble. For us, there are enough experienced guys in the room. We know the gig, we know what\u2019s expected and all the focus is on Samoa. It\u2019s definitely an acid test.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018One thing I\u2019ve been impressed with is their set-piece work. Especially in the first half on Friday, those guys really took Argentina on in the scrum and Argentina are a very, very good scrum, so up front we are going to have to be on our Ps and Qs.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>There will be some friendly fire awaiting Sinckler on his next outing, with some Bears in the rival camp.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Steve Luatua and Chris Vui \u2014 I know those boys will be going hard and we will be going hard,\u2019 he said of his Bristol team-mates. \u2018But after the whistle, we have a handshake and a hug. They are my brothers and there are no hard feelings.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/rugbyunion\/article-12559499\/England-prop-Kyle-Sinckler-reveals-chest-injury-threatened-crush-World-Cup-dream-four-years-knocked-final-defeat-South-Africa.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>England prop\u00a0Kyle Sinckler reveals how chest injury threatened to crush his World Cup dream &#8211; four years after being knocked out in final defeat by <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/rugby-union\/kyle-sinckler-reveals-chest-injury-threatened-to-ko-world-cup-dream\/\" title=\"Kyle Sinckler reveals chest injury threatened to KO World Cup dream\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":290028,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Kyle Sinckler reveals chest injury threatened to KO World Cup dream - Sportstoft<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/rugby-union\/kyle-sinckler-reveals-chest-injury-threatened-to-ko-world-cup-dream\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kyle Sinckler reveals chest injury threatened to KO World Cup dream - Sportstoft\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"England prop\u00a0Kyle Sinckler reveals how chest injury threatened to crush his World Cup dream &#8211; 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