BEN Earl has set a strike rate record for Premiership try-scorers with each of his 11 tries this season coming at an average of one every 93 minutes.
His first-half try in Bristol Bears’ 36-7 win over London Irish last Sunday saw him finish the regular season level with Gloucester wing Ollie Thorley at the top of the try charts.
In a total of 1,024 minutes on the pitch, flanker Earl, 22, scored seven tries in nine appearances at Saracens, before adding four in seven games at Bristol.
He becomes the first top try-scorer since the system was introduced in 2003/04 to boast a sub-100 minu...
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