England flanker Tom Curry ruled out of Six Nations with hip injury

Tom Curry will miss the whole Six Nations and most definitely the remainder of the season after Sale revealed he should endure surgical procedure to restore a hip injury.

Curry has been troubled by the difficulty since enjoying a full half in serving to England end third within the latest World Cup and a go to to a specialist confirmed {that a} clear out 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 mentioned: “Tom has been again right down to London to have additional intensive x-rays underneath motion with a unique guide and that is one of the best factor for him within the quick time period.”

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 after which sit out the build-up to the World Cup by way of ankle ligament injury.

A crimson card for a harmful deal with in opposition to Argentina within the match 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.

Now the all-action again row is going through a prolonged spell of rehabilitation, forcing England and Sale to search for options to fill the void created of their again rows.

“I do know it sounds long-term – the season – however it’s not,” Sanderson mentioned.

“He’s nonetheless a younger lad and it’s one of the best factor for him within the short-term to make sure he’s capable of be extra sturdy transferring ahead and to coach and progress his sport the way in which he needs to.

“The extent of stiffness hadn’t flagged as much as this diploma till this level in his profession.

“There has all the time 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 capable of do it time and again.

“The crimson flags had been out that perhaps there was one thing deeper right here and apparently there may be.

“I’m positive there shall be ebbs and flows over the subsequent 4 or 5 months and I hope to be half 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 carried out. Let’s go’.”