England flank Tom Curry will travel Down Under with the British & Irish Lions nursing a wrist injury that requires surgery.
Sale Sharks director of rugby Alex Sanderson said Curry would only go under the knife after the Australian tour.
“‘It is a ligament injury … Clearly he is able to manage it and play through whatever pain he is experiencing,” he added.
“The Lions are aware of the wrist problem. He had to play through to know that he could, and the specialist was happy that the injury is manageable for the super-human he is.”
Surgery now would have ruled Curry out of the remainder of the English Premiership and the first two matches of the Lions tour.
“That wasn’t an option because of the competition being so high for his position [at the Lions],” Sanderson said.
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Sanderson also confirmed that Curry’s hamstring injury suffered against Leicester last Friday wasn’t serious.
“It is as good as we could have hoped for. He had a scan and it’s a 1B [strain], which is the lowest grade you can have with a hamstring injury. It won’t rule him out of anything other than this weekend [against Bristol].”
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