Bad news for Sale Sharks; good news for England. Tom Curry isn’t quite ready for Sale’s crucial visit to Saracens for the last round of Gallagher Premiership regular-season fixtures. The titanic back-row forward is running out of chances to prove himself fit enough for the forthcoming England tour to Japan and New Zealand.
Sale’s season could come to an end on Saturday. If that is the case (although they will not go down to the champions without a fight) Curry will not have played a solitary minute of rugby in 2024, since the hip operation that ruled him out of the Six Nations. The easy option for the England head coach, Steve Borthwick, would be to leave Curry in the northern hemisphere to complete his
