Second-rower George Kruis is a forward of many talents but kicking is one that has been kept firmly in his locker during a successful England career to date.
That was until last weekend’s Round 3 match against Ireland at Twickenham, which was just over a minute old when the Saracens star spotted space behind the visiting defence and put boot to ball.
Also mentioned in above linked article is this grubber attempt from second row George Kruis, which I enjoyed.
He recognises that Larmour is out of backfield having just lost the aerial contest to Daly, Kruis looks to exploit that space.
Ireland scrum-half Conor Murray intercepted the grubber kick but the intent was applauded and it got us thinking about the other forwards who have put their kicking skills into action during this year’s Guinness Six Nations.
Scotland flanker Jamie Ritchie leads the way for those in the pack following an impressive clearance kick in their Round 3 win in Rome which made 43 metres.
This puts him 11 metres clear of Italy’s back-rower Sebastian Negri, while Wales star Justin Tipuric rounds off the top three having kicked 28 metres.
Scott Cummings (18 metres) and Kruis complete the top five but the England man seems unlikely to add to his tally of two metres, telling The Telegraph in the aftermath that he wont be attempting a similar kick again.
In terms of those who you’d expect to put boot to ball, Kruis England teammate George Ford leads the way for overall metres kicked in this year’s Guinness Six Nations with 1,183.
Romain Ntamack (1,170m) and Tommaso Allan (1,168m) follow narrowly behind with two rounds to go.
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