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Saracens England contingent have been compared with Manchester Uniteds Class of 92 -- and George Kruis believes the same sense of brotherhood is developing among Eddie Jones men.The analogy was made by Paul Gustard, who played and coached at Allianz Park before being appointed as one of Jones lieutenants, enabling him to view and contribute to the development of players such as Kruis, Owen Farrell, Maro Itoje and Mako Vunipola.Saracens marched to an Aviva Premiership and European double last season and Gustard sees a similarity to their core of English players and the contribution of Paul Scholes, David Beckham, Nicky Butt, Ryan Giggs and the Neville brothers to Uniteds dominance of club football on these shores.People spoke about the Class of 92 at Manchester United, well Saracens had their own class, Gustard said.Once one started achieving there was enough peer pressure that they all wanted to out-perform each other and strive to do things together. They are a close group.Kruis, who is expected to be selected in the second row alongside Courtney Lawes when England name their team to face Argentina on Thursday, insists the bond is not confined to Saracens.Definitely theres a sense that, as a group, weve got responsibility for each other, Kruis said. When you have five or six players coming through together its like that competition between brothers. It always pushes you a little bit further.Weve got a good respect for each other which means you have to turn up each week and ultimately play well for each other. At Saracens its dragged a lot of people along with us. Were a very young team still, with a hell of a lot of experience. Its exciting for us.I think it extends to England, I really do. If you look at what England have tried to build here, then there are a lot of similarities here between club and country.If you look at results there are a lot of similarities as well. Youve got to breed a culture in which people want to improve and constantly push each other.Kruis travelled between Saracens and England for his rehabilitation and has made the quickest possible comeback from the ankle surgery that threatened to rule him out of the entire autumn program.Just over five weeks separate the 26-year-old from undergoing the procedure to lining up against Argentina.I never gave up playing in these games. I just wanted to get back to playing as soon as I could for either club or country, Kruis said.There were few things wrong with the ankle. There was a bit of wear and tear and for the last year, there were two bits of floating bone in the joint.Id been able to play on but more recently its been shutting down, so after the Toulon game, I spoke to both parties and we decided I needed to get it taken out as soon as possible.Before I was struggling with it -- I could do the session but Id want to get off my feet as soon as possible. I am really glad Ive done it. Ive got lots of confidence in the ankle now. I woke up 2 or 3 days after the op and thought it already feels better, the pressure in the foot feels less.When considering an immediate return to the starting XV, Kruis draws inspiration from Farrells man of the match comeback for Saracens against Toulon having been out for almost three months.We are in an environment now where you can push yourself in the weeks leading up to it as much as you can. Weve got everything available to be in peak condition, Kruis said.Youve got Owen Farrell who played in the Toulon game, which was pretty much Test match intensity, having had months off. He came back very sharp.Things like that give you a lot of confidence. Youve got to have a lot of confidence in yourself. If I didnt feel right, I wouldnt be here. Adolis Garcia . 8 Iowa State on Saturday, sending the Cyclones to their third consecutive loss. 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