Curry in doubt for England's November series

INJURY UPDATE: England could potentially be without one of their bruising loose forwards for their November series.

Flanker Ben Curry could possibly undergo surgery, which will rule him out of action for six weeks.

Curry has a history of the same injury after having undergone surgery in May 2023.

The injury reoccurred in Sale’s 16-28 loss to reigning PREM Champions Bath.

Should Curry go under the knife, he will, in all likelihood, be ruled out of England’s November series.

“It’s still around the suture site, it’s still consistently irritating and affecting his preparation, so we are in talks about what can be done for a longer-term fix rather than going week to week,”said Sale Sharks Director of Rugby Alex Sanderson

“Clearly, at the moment, it’s not working for him.”

However, there is a chance that Curry might bite the bullet.

The loose forward has seen a specialist twice and had scans for the issue since returning to Sale from England’s tour to Argentina and the USA earlier this season.

Sanderson stressed that no decision had yet been made as to how to proceed and that one option includes surgery while the other does not.

“That’s one option – sit him out, it’ll settle down, but we’ve been down that road before. Still, it reoccurs,” Sanderson said.

“In the specialists’ experience – and it has only happened twice before – one of them just got on with it, and the other person had the suture snipped out, had six weeks out and then got on with it.

“Both ways there’s a solution, it’s just trying to figure out what the best thing is for Ben.”

With additional reporting by BBC