British and Irish Lions prop Kyle Sinckler has revealed how conversations with senior Harlequins team-mates helped him control his temper out on the field.
Arguably the biggest surprise among the British and Irish Lions call-ups for the tour to New Zealand, having never started a Test for England, the 24-year-old has enjoyed a rapid rise in the last two years.
However Sinckler admitted that he needed some stern words from two senior players at his club, Harlequins, in order to push out a negative element of his game.
Adam Jones, the former Wales and Lions prop, along with former Wallabies captain James Horwill both told Sinckler to control his temper out on the field, with Sinckler reflecting how it has changed him as a player.
"Firstly Joe Marler sat me down and just said, 'You've got to stop it'," Sinckler told the Press Association.
"And probably one thing I've never actually touched on was when we played Wasps away last year.
"I came on at half-time for Adam Jones, and I was fuming, because we were playing so badly. I could have got probably sent off two or three times in that game.
"James Horwill and Adam Jones sat me down on the Monday and told me, 'You've got to stop it, because it's all about you, that's how it comes across'.
"I was the one starting the fights that were costing the team, and they said, 'Look, it's bigger than yourself'.
"And I had to sit back and think, Adam Jones, 95 caps for Wales, James Horwill, Australia captain, those guys have come out of their way to speak to me – and they didn't have to.
"And they just said, 'You've got a lot of talent, but you'll never get anywhere if you don't sort out your image'. I'm just grateful those guys went out of their way to talk to me because that flicked a switch, and I changed there and then."
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