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WHEN TOM CURRY was first told the full extent of the injury that cost him almost all of last season, the Sale flanker admitted he “curled up in a ball” and cried.
Damian Griffin, professor of orthopaedic surgery at the University of Warwick, carried out a six-hour operation before Curry faced a gruelling rehabilitation process which took several months.“I tried to run and I couldn’t run,” Curry said. “I think that was the toughest hurdle to get over because I just couldn’t do it and it felt the same.
“When I had done all the Speedworks stuff and I saw the surgeon again, he said, ‘My biggest worry was getting you back, this conversation is how we can make you better as a rugby player now’,” Curry recalled. “That was my big relief.” Sale’s director of rugby Alex Sanderson raised concerns about putting Curry back in at the highest level so soon, but the call up was hugely important to Curry himself.
Curry is known for an all-action style which makes him integral for both England and Sale. He admitted his desire to throw himself into everything he does may have aggravated the injury in the first place, but insisted he will not change as a player. “I think for me it has been a big growth and step up in terms of maturing,” he said. “You have to drop a lot of ego. You can’t just go ‘I am going to do this.’ You have to realise what is going to make you better and it makes you a lot smarter. I think it has matured me a lot.”
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