But Kyle Sinckler’s life could have turned out very differently – after all, one school friend was murdered on his own doorstep. The “Runaway Rhino” Kyle Sinckler stormed through the Australia team to seize England’s semi-final place in the Rugby World Cup. Sinckler has come a long way from the tough south London estate where he grew up and admits it would have been easy to fall in with the wrong crowd were it not for the efforts of two strong women: His mother and his teacher. In a sport where private school alumni still hold sway, Kyle Sinckler is something of an exception. Last week Sinckler played a starring role in … Raised in Furzedown, near Tooting in south London, he joined a state school that did not have a rugby team or even include rugby on the curriculum. T here is a defiant edge to Stacia Long's voice when she offers her overriding memory of her former school pupil, Kyle Sinckler. From turning up to his first rugby session in Manchester United kit to becoming an England international My Story: Kyle Sinckler https://bit.ly/2WapQ7L