Curry To Miss Start Of Prem But May Be Fit For Autumn Series

England flanker Tom Curry has undergone wrist room and will miss nan commencement of nan caller Premiership play pinch Sale, but could beryllium fresh for nan Autumn Nations Series successful November.

Curry had an cognition connected a long-standing wrist ligament injury aft returning from nan British and Irish Lions' bid triumph successful Australia and will beryllium absent for nan commencement of Sale's campaign, which originates against Gloucester connected Thursday, 25 September.

But he has an extracurricular chance of being fresh for England's autumn fixtures against Australia, Fiji, New Zealand and Argentina.

"You are much apt to spot him successful an England garment than you are a Sale shirt," said Sale's head of rugby Alex Sanderson.

"His return to play sits him location astir nan Autumn Internationals.

"But you ne'er know. He has a wont of defying comeback dates and what surgeons say. He's connected bully form, treatment well, dormant positive."

Curry navigated his measurement done six matches for nan Lions contempt his wrist injury.

He revealed he had a caller formed fitted successful Australia pursuing nan Lions' daze conclusion by Argentina successful Dublin.

"We had this formed which we had to alteration successful Sydney, because we realised that I wasn't really catching galore balls," he said.

"We had this heavy 1 that covered my thenar and it was really reliable because I had to drawback [the ball] pinch my fingertips. I retrieve playing successful nan Argentina crippled and I kept dropping it."

England statesman their run against Australia astatine Allianz Stadium connected Saturday, 1 November.