George Kruis: ‘I never shirked hard work and eventually you see the benefits’

Kruis was a skinny teenager who played on the wing but he bloomed late and was still playing for Dorking at the age of 18. Now the lock is indispensable for Saracens and EnglandTalk to anyone at Saracens, on the eve of their biggest game of the season, and all agree on their most value-added player. It is the same with England. As recently as 18 months ago George Kruis was an uncapped forward operating without fanfare for his club, let alone his country. Neither would now consider naming a first-choice XV without him in their second-row.How has this transformation come about? There will always…