NICK VERDIER talks to Harlequins’ barnstorming front-row duo on mission to bring down the All Blacks

NICK VERDIER
Quins pair Kyle Sinckler and Joe Marler spent last summer worlds apart – one the raw tyro on the up, the other on the way down. Or even out. Now they head to New Zealand as part of the Lions elite, both very much at the top of the game.
While tighthead Sinckle, 24, was picked by Eddie Jones as an uncapped player to tour Australia, loosehead Marler opted to stay at home, pulling out of the squad during their pre-tour camp in Brighton due to mental exhaustion that left...