Tom Curry boost for England with flanker set to return for Sale before the end of the season… with Sharks boss Alex Sanderson ‘in awe’ at his recovery from career-threatening hip injury

Tom Curry is recovering so amazingly from a career-threatening hip injury that he could make his return for Sale this season and become available for England’s summer tour.

The 25-year-old flanker has not played since the World Cup last October, after returning to his club and discovering what he later described as a medical problem linked to a “car accident”.

Curry underwent a six-hour operation to ensure he could play again and once that was deemed a success, the initial prognosis was that he would miss at least the remainder of the current domestic campaign, with fears he could remain out of action much longer.

Instead, the 50-cap veteran has made phenomenal progress since the operation and his director of rugby, Alex Sanderson, revealed that following Ben Curry’s return to training following his own injury on Wednesday, his twin brother Tom could make a comeback much sooner. provided that.

“He’s doing great,” he said. “He was in rehab in the desert for a few months. We saw him come in and out. But Tom is back in the fold, which I’m very grateful for.

“He’s bombing, his hip looks good and his brother was also back in training today which is great.”

“Now there’s an outside chance that Tom will come back at the end of this season and do a finale or two, if we get there – whenever we get there!”

Sanderson was asked how Tom Curry coped with the emotional turmoil of finding out his career was in jeopardy, then that he might not be able to play for a year and now that he was heading toward a much sooner comeback . “Very good,” he added.

“His brain chemistry is a little different. His ability to set new horizons and break things down into smaller, achievable goals is unmatched. If anyone was going to come back from a career-threatening injury, it was Tom. And he does it. I’m not surprised, but I’m impressed.

“He’s that kind of man. He injured his hip during the World Cup and I know it was incredibly painful. He walked like an old man, but he pushed himself to get England where they got to (semi-final).