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Kyle Sinckler issues Twitter apology for 'heat of the moment' comment to referee Karl Dickson
By Ian Cameron
Bristol Bears prop Kyle Sinckler has issued a Twitter apology after a comment he made to referee Karl Dickson during his side's victory over Exeter Chiefs was widely criticised.
Sinckler was heard asking referee Karl Dickson, a former Harlequins teammate, 'are you ****ing serious?' after Exeter Chiefs hooker Luke Cowan-Dickie was penalised for a no-arms ram tackle that upended the England prop.
A video of the moment in question was tweeted by Andy Goode: "Really poor form by Kyle Sinckler screaming “Are you ****ing serious” at referee Karl Dickson. They are ex teammates but it should have been a yellow card. We berate footballers for similar so we don’t want this in rugby and should respect the ref!"
Sinckler has now taken to the social media platform to issue an apology.
"Want to apologise for my reaction today," Tweeted Sinckler. "Not the example I want to be setting. Heat of the moment stuff. Will make a conscious effort to improve. My bad"
His apology was rounded applauded by the rugby community. Former teammates Tim Visser even joking that fellow former Harlequins teammate Karl Dickson "does ask for it sometimes to be fair..."
"Great game Kyle. Totally get it. This is your health and career!," wrote Ryan Kisiel.
"Do you think professional players need more sympathy when it comes to swearing at refs?," wrote David Flatman.
It didn't stop Bristol recording a famous 20 - 7 win over the reigning champions, elevating them to the top of the Gallagher Premiership table. "Great win from the boys today. Full squad effort. Can’t wait for the fans to be back!. Hope that team performance put a smile on some faces today. Thanks for the support as always."
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My ‘fantasy’ team V Ireland,
Including options from ABXV if needed, as V Mun better V Ireland better prep than England.
The most important aspect V Ireland is AB need ALL their loosies AND 'loosie capable locks' on ALL match [except IF(?) any tiring ie the aging & slowing eg Cane]. As follows,
{starting} bench (3rd choice)
1 {De Groot} / Tu’ungafasi (Williams)
2 { anyone that can throw!! }/ Aumua (Brodie McAlister)
Ryan! coach lineouts & Aumua to throw!
3 {Lomax}/ Tosi (Newell )
Tosi immense strength V England
4,5 Locks { P.Tuipulotu, S.Barrett }, Vaa’i, Darry
( Isaia Walker-Leawere)
Vaa’i off V Eng. Assumed due to leg injury(?)
6,7,8 Loose forwards { Sititi, A.Savea, Cane } Vaa’i, S.Barrettm, P.Tuipulotu back up (Devan Flanders, Du'Plessis Kirifi )
9 {Roigard } Ratima ( TJ )
10 {D.McK} Perofeta ( Plummer)
12 {J.Barrett } ALB ( Q.Tupaea )
13 {Proctor} Ioane ( AJ Lam )
Ioane (off V England ) but Irish experience (NO not Sexton!)
14 { Tele’a} Reece (bkup W.Jordan )
11 {C.Clarke} Narawa (K.Naholo)
15 {W.Jordan} Love (Stevenson)
Go to commentsI guess the other option would be to start ALB, he's looked good in the 12 so far when he starts and sets up those outside him. But that would mean putting the vice captain on the bench, which is unlikely. Another option would be to drop Reiko to the bench and play Proctor, though he's gone home so that's not going to happen either.
Both of those players just offer more of the soft distribution skills good centres learn from playing their careers there. Unfortunately that's what's lacking with the current combo.
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