Kyle Sinckler gearing up for All Blacks test as England seek to add to their 2019 World Cup semi-final victory
Sinckler is wary of New Zealand's threat. Image: Matteo Ciambelli/INPHO KYLE SINCKLER SAID he was “raring to go” in England’s latest “massive occasion” clash with New Zealand.
“There is something about the All Blacks with the Haka, the tradition, how much rugby means to New Zealand,” Sinckler told reporters at Twickenham on Friday.England have won just eight out of 42 Tests against New Zealand and Sinckler added: “It’s just a massive occasion and it’s a massive honour to be involved in a fixture of this magnitude. I’m just raring to go.”
“The beauty of how good the All Blacks are, is you can prepare one way and they can play a totally different way. So we just have to be ready.”- ‘Drown out the Haka’ - England forwards coach Richard Cockerill, meanwhile, urged England fans at what is set to be a capacity Twickenham crowd of more than 80,000, to “drown out” the Haka.
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