Sale Sharks Director of Rugby Alex Sanderson: “Tom Curry has been again right down to London to have additional in depth X-rays beneath motion with a distinct marketing consultant and that is the very best factor for him within the brief time period. I do know it sounds long-term – the season – nevertheless it’s not”
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England flanker Tom Curry has been dominated out of the 2024 Six Nations attributable to a hip damage
Tom Curry will miss your entire Six Nations and almost certainly the remainder of the season after Sale revealed he should endure surgical procedure to restore a hip damage.
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} filter of the joint is the one choice.
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 again right down to London to have additional in depth X-rays beneath motion with a distinct marketing consultant and that is the very best factor for him within the brief time period.”
The setback continues a turbulent interval in Curry’s profession that noticed him miss the Six Nations due to a hamstring damage after which sit out the build-up to the World Cup by means of ankle ligament harm.
A crimson card for a harmful sort out 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 last.
Curry endured an eventual World Cup, selecting 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 alternate options to fill the void created of their again rows.
“I do know it sounds long-term – the season – nevertheless it’s not,” Sanderson stated.
“He is nonetheless a younger lad and it is the very best factor for him within the short-term to make sure he is in a position to be extra strong transferring ahead and to coach and progress his recreation the way in which he desires to.
“The extent 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 more likely to miss the entire season
“There has at all times been hip stiffness there and a component of managing his load as a result of he’ll simply empty the tank and this time he was doing the identical factor however simply not recovering and wasn’t in a position to do it repeatedly.
“The crimson flags had been out that perhaps there was one thing deeper right here and apparently there may be.
“I am positive there shall be ebbs and flows over the following 4 or 5 months and I hope to be a part of that journey with him as we get him again to the place he must 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’.”
