CLIFTON player coach Luke Cozens describes kicking to the corner as a ‘seven-point kick’ because of the huge increase in tries scored in the modern game off driving mauls.
Recent times have seen a dramatic increase in forwards competing with backs in the try scoring charts at all levels in the English game.
In the Premiership, George McGuigan (14) and Agustin Creevy (12) are amongst the top four scorers, while joint Championship top try scorers Mark Bright and Eoghan Clarke have scored most of their 17 tries also off driving mauls.
In National 1, both of the two top try s...