By NEALE HARVEY
DECISION-MAKING forwards allied to more lenient refereeing has led to a glut of Premiership try-scoring says Saracens back row Jackson Wray.
This season’s tally of 776 top-flight tries during the regular season outstrips the previous best of 750 since the league reverted to 12 teams in 1999-2000, with Saracens’ 89 five-pointers – an average of over four per game – equalling the record set by Wasps last year.
The figures are a far cry from 2009-10 when conservative Premiership sides produced just 427 tries between them at a paltry average of 3.23 per g...
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