By Jon Geddes

THE Shute Shield's top “metre eater," Randwick fullback James Hendren, has a lot in common with NRL superstar Tom Trbojevic.

Fascinating stats published by Rugby News this week reveal that so far this season Hendren leads the pack having made 1410 metres, ahead of Souths’ Isaac Ratumaitavukui-Kneepkens (1373.3m) and Warringah’s Ben Marr (1341.9m).

“It is a reflection of how well he has played this year and that he is becoming pretty consistent,” said Galloping Greens coach Stephen Hoiles.

“We are a not a side that kicks a lot, especially off fullback, so he is programmed to run a bit more and we like that.”