Sale Sharks Director of Rugby Alex Sanderson: “Tom Curry has been back down to London to have further extensive X-rays under movement with a different consultant and this is the best thing for him in the short term. I know it sounds long-term – the season – but it’s not”
Last Updated: 21/11/23 6:57pm
England flanker Tom Curry has been ruled out of the 2024 Six Nations attributable to a hip injury
Tom Curry will miss the whole Six Nations and most definitely the rest of the season after Sale revealed he should endure surgery to restore a hip injury.
Curry has been troubled by the problem since enjoying a full half in serving to England end third within the current World Cup and a go to to a specialist confirmed {that a} clear out of the joint is the one possibility.
The 25-year-old flanker, an computerized choose for England when match, will endure the operation the week after subsequent.
Sale director of rugby Alex Sanderson stated: “Tom has been back down to London to have further extensive X-rays under movement with a different consultant and this is the best thing for him in the short term.”
The setback continues a turbulent interval in Curry’s profession that noticed him miss the Six Nations as a result of of a hamstring injury and then sit out the build-up to the World Cup via ankle ligament harm.
A crimson card for a harmful deal with in opposition to Argentina within the event opener resulted in a two-match ban, earlier than his look within the semi-final in opposition to South Africa was adopted by the fallout to his allegation that he had been racially abused by Bongi Mbonambi. He earned his fiftieth cap within the bronze remaining.
Curry endured an eventual World Cup, choosing up a crimson card vs Argentina and accusing South Africa’s Bongi Mbonambi of racism
Now the all-action again row is dealing with a prolonged spell of rehabilitation, forcing England and Sale to search for options to fill the void created of their again rows.
“I know it sounds long-term – the season – but it’s not,” Sanderson stated.
“He’s still a young lad and it’s the best thing for him in the short-term to ensure he’s able to be more robust moving forward and to train and progress his game the way he wants to.
“The degree of stiffness hadn’t flagged as much as this diploma till this level in his profession.
Sale Sharks Director of Rugby Alex Sanderson admits Curry is prone to miss the entire season
“There has always been hip stiffness there and an element of managing his load because he will just empty the tank and this time he was doing the same thing but just not recovering and wasn’t able to do it again and again.
“The crimson flags have been out that possibly there was one thing deeper right here and apparently there’s.
“I’m sure there will be ebbs and flows over the next four or five months and I hope to be part of that journey with him as we get him back to where he needs to be.
“There was no chink within the invincible armour that’s Tom Curry. It was like, ‘proper, let’s get it performed. Let’s go’.”
