British & Irish Lions prop Kyle Sinckler says he’s hoping to repay the faith shown in him by his coaches and praised England head coach Eddie Jones’ ‘big influence.’

The passionate 24-year-old is currently halfway through a seven-week ban, free to play again on 21 November, but unlikely to feature in England’s final autumn international against Samoa due to a lack of game time.

The Harlequins front-row enjoyed a stellar 2016/17 season that kicked off with a debut England performance in November and concluded with his barnstorming cameos against New Zealand on tour with the Lions.

He had first been called up by England in 2014, without getting capped, but it is under Jones that he has really flourished and Sinckler gave an insight into how the Australian operates.

“Eddie’s been a really, really big influence on me,” said the Wandsworth-born tighthead.

“He set his stall out on the very first day I met him and was lucky enough to be involved in the England squad.

“He said ‘look, we want to be the number one team in the world and anything you do as a player is toward that end goal.’

“Achieving that target and winning the World Cup for England has got to be the main goal for any player who’s lucky enough to pull on that jersey.

“He always pushes you, always wants you to be better and wants you to reach your potential.

“For me, along with Eddie I’ve got Neal Hatley (England forwards coach).

“At Harlequins I’ve got Graham Rowntree (forwards coach), John Kingston (director of rugby) and Nick Easter (defence coach) – I’m a pretty lucky boy sometimes when I look at it!

“I’ve got a great support team around me, everyone’s pushing to me to do well and hopefully I can repay their faith.”

Standing resolutely in the way of England’s goals are current World Cup-holders New Zealand, who were introduced to Sinckler’s all-action style over the summer.

The All Blacks begin their autumn tour against the Barbarians on Sunday, and having lost their previous match to Australia nine days ago, 23-18, Sinckler believes Steve Hansen’s men won’t be on the back foot for long.

“At the end of the day you can’t win every game,” said the former Battersea Ironsides forward. “Everyone’s going to lose and fair play to Australia on the day, they played a really, really good game.

“If you look at the game they played against New Zealand in Dunedin (in August) I think Australia were unlucky to lose that one.

“Fair do’s to them, they turned up on the day, the best team won and I’m sure New Zealand will be chomping at the bit to get the November series underway.”

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