Kyle Sinckler reveals his 'addiction' led to England blacklisting from Steve Borthwick
12/03/2024 10:05 AM
Kyle Sinckler believes that his use of snus affected his performances for England and played a part in his eventual exit from Steve Borthwick's squad following the Rugby World Cup.
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The prop, who departed Bristol Bears for Toulon last summer, fell out of favour following the 2023 Rugby Wold Cup with Borthwick seemingly blacklisting the once prominent forward.
Speaking on The Good, The Bad & The Rugby podcast, he said: "There was loads of other things that were happening behind the scenes, loads of habits that I was doing that were not conducive to being a world-class athlete, that kind of all came out after."
Asked to elaborate, Sinckler said that he started taking snus as a younger player when he was losing weight, and that the smokeless tobacco product helped to suppress his appetite.
He revealed the product was "very addictive" and "not good for your performance", before admitting that it contradicted his work being a role model on social media.
"In terms of like where I want to be and the person, the man I want to become, I can't be saying one thing on the socials and putting out a message like that. And then behind closed doors, I'm acting like a victim, the world's against me and I'm doing snus," Sinckler added.
"The whole thing is just… it doesn't work like that, you know? So it's like at the end of the day, I've reaped what I sowed, you know?"
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