diff --git a/paper-server/nms-patches/EntityPlayer.patch b/paper-server/nms-patches/EntityPlayer.patch
index d9f1f242ea..d5fa237677 100644
--- a/paper-server/nms-patches/EntityPlayer.patch
+++ b/paper-server/nms-patches/EntityPlayer.patch
@@ -189,17 +189,17 @@
 +                }
 +            }
 +        }
-+
-+        IChatBaseComponent chatmessage = this.getCombatTracker().getDeathMessage();
-+
-+        String deathmessage = chatmessage.toPlainText();
-+        org.bukkit.event.entity.PlayerDeathEvent event = CraftEventFactory.callPlayerDeathEvent(this, loot, deathmessage, keepInventory);
  
 -            if (scoreboardteambase != null && scoreboardteambase.getDeathMessageVisibility() != ScoreboardTeamBase.EnumNameTagVisibility.ALWAYS) {
 -                if (scoreboardteambase.getDeathMessageVisibility() == ScoreboardTeamBase.EnumNameTagVisibility.HIDE_FOR_OTHER_TEAMS) {
 -                    this.server.getPlayerList().a((EntityHuman) this, this.getCombatTracker().getDeathMessage());
 -                } else if (scoreboardteambase.getDeathMessageVisibility() == ScoreboardTeamBase.EnumNameTagVisibility.HIDE_FOR_OWN_TEAM) {
 -                    this.server.getPlayerList().b((EntityHuman) this, this.getCombatTracker().getDeathMessage());
++        IChatBaseComponent chatmessage = this.getCombatTracker().getDeathMessage();
++
++        String deathmessage = chatmessage.toPlainText();
++        org.bukkit.event.entity.PlayerDeathEvent event = CraftEventFactory.callPlayerDeathEvent(this, loot, deathmessage, keepInventory);
++
 +        String deathMessage = event.getDeathMessage();
 +
 +        if (deathMessage != null && deathMessage.length() > 0 && flag) { // TODO: allow plugins to override?
@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@
      }
  
      public void a(EnumHand enumhand) {
-@@ -955,11 +1161,139 @@
+@@ -955,11 +1161,145 @@
      }
  
      public void M() {
@@ -615,6 +615,12 @@
 +        return super.toString() + "(" + this.getName() + " at " + this.locX + "," + this.locY + "," + this.locZ + ")";
 +    }
 +
++    // SPIGOT-1903, MC-98153
++    public void forceSetPositionRotation(double x, double y, double z, float yaw, float pitch) {
++        this.setPositionRotation(x, y, z, yaw, pitch);
++        this.playerConnection.d();
++    }
++
 +    public void reset() {
 +        float exp = 0;
 +        boolean keepInventory = this.world.getGameRules().getBoolean("keepInventory");
diff --git a/paper-server/nms-patches/PlayerConnection.patch b/paper-server/nms-patches/PlayerConnection.patch
index 8a7ef1f0ff..dcf3649c4d 100644
--- a/paper-server/nms-patches/PlayerConnection.patch
+++ b/paper-server/nms-patches/PlayerConnection.patch
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
  
      public void E_() {
          this.d();
-@@ -110,15 +182,21 @@
+@@ -110,21 +182,27 @@
          }
  
          this.minecraftServer.methodProfiler.b();
@@ -125,6 +125,13 @@
              this.disconnect("You have been idle for too long!");
          }
  
+     }
+ 
+-    private void d() {
++    public void d() { // PAIL: syncPosition, private->public
+         this.l = this.player.locX;
+         this.m = this.player.locY;
+         this.n = this.player.locZ;
 @@ -138,19 +216,40 @@
      }
  
diff --git a/paper-server/nms-patches/PlayerList.patch b/paper-server/nms-patches/PlayerList.patch
index a1c98d9f30..207bdf0c18 100644
--- a/paper-server/nms-patches/PlayerList.patch
+++ b/paper-server/nms-patches/PlayerList.patch
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@
 +            location.setWorld(server.getWorldServer(i).getWorld());
          }
 +        WorldServer worldserver = ((CraftWorld) location.getWorld()).getHandle();
-+        entityplayer1.setLocation(location.getX(), location.getY(), location.getZ(), location.getYaw(), location.getPitch());
++        entityplayer1.forceSetPositionRotation(location.getX(), location.getY(), location.getZ(), location.getYaw(), location.getPitch());
 +        // CraftBukkit end
  
          worldserver.getChunkProviderServer().getChunkAt((int) entityplayer1.locX >> 4, (int) entityplayer1.locZ >> 4);