Care reflects on England's Rugby World Cup win over Chile
England international Tom Curry was ordered to leave the team gym by his coaches for training himself too hard as he awaits his comeback in the World Cup. The Sale Sharks star has been forced to watch on from the sidelines for matches against Japan and Chile after he was shown a red card for a high shot against Argentina.
Curry is set to return to the team on October 7 when England face Samoa, in what will be a significant boost for head coach Steve Borthwick. However, he will need to calm the anticipation of the 25-year-old in the run-up to the match given that he has been ‘overtraining’.
Scrum coach Tom Harrison has revealed that Curry was recently forced to leave the gym due to his desire to work himself as hard as possible so that he is ready to return to the England team. But his mentality did lead to a disagreement with strength and conditioning coach Aled Walters.
Harrison explained: “Tom is a unique player in that I don’t think I’ve ever come across anyone so fit, or so willing to work hard and put himself through pain.
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“He just seems to be able to enjoy it and keep going. There was a conditioning session the other day where he finished his reps and Aled Walters was shouting at him, ‘Get out, get out’. And he just carried on running. He just stayed in and carried on running. And when he did finally decide it was time for time for him to get out, he left the drill and Ellis Genge started hammering him for leaving the drill! And you just saw him getting so angry about it!
“He is in phenomenal shape. He has been brilliant. Unfortunately, he was suspended, but he was brilliant by not going, ‘Oh I’m suspended for these two games’. Instead he went, ‘How can I help England win?’
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“And the work he was doing to help make training hard and difficult for the guys playing, and also the work he was doing with the back rows, to add his experience and his knowledge to our team meetings has been exceptional.”
It remains to be seen whether the England coaches will be able to ensure that Curry tones down the intensity of is training in preparation for the Samoa match or if he will continue to work harder every day, and therefore potentially risking injury.
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