TOP LEAGUE FINAL PREVIEW

THERE are 5954 miles between London and Tokyo, yet two Englishmen hold the key to today’s Top League final between the Panasonic Wild Knights and Suntory Sungoliath.
George Kruis and Tom Savage will lock their respective sides’ scrum and their power at the breakdown will be pivotal.
With a makeover to full professionalism in the wings, the winner between Kruis’s Panasonic and Suntory will edge a rivalry that has been a feature of the league’s 19-year history.
While Panasonic have a 12-9 lead in the head-tohead record for the er...