England flanker Tom Curry is working to enhance his tackling method in a bid to decrease his threat of concussion, the nation’s assistant coach Andrew Strawbridge has stated.
Curry has suffered 5 concussions over the previous two years — two of which have come this season.
The 26-year-old was knocked out throughout England’s defeat to Australia when his head collided with Rob Valetini’s knee. Curry has now handed return-to-play protocols and is in line to face Japan in England’s ultimate match of the Autumn Internationals.
“He is 100% match, wholesome and able to go,” Strawbridge advised The Instances. “There may be not a coach on the planet that is not desperately involved concerning the welfare of the gamers they coach.
“He is been by way of each protocol that exists and we’re making some finer changes about how he enters contact — each side of the ball — to maintain himself secure.
“There are some elementary points to contact. A number of the bravest males are among the most in danger, so how can we mitigate the danger? How can we maintain him discovering his shoulder, reasonably than a head? Tiny little issues, it isn’t a serious change in a person’s recreation. There are some little points that’ll deliver his shoulder into the sport, which is what all of us need, and take his head out of the sport, if doable. There is not any main subject in any respect.
“He is a really courageous participant. The sport’s about what you may see — and it isn’t what you may see there [in front of you] however what you may see there [to the side], so it is how we will react. Can we get issues to occur on a unconscious stage, with none thought?”
In the meantime, England prop Dan Cole has stated head coach Steve Borthwick is the “f—— proper man for the job” with the staff on a run of 5 consecutive defeats.
England, who’re within the technique of bringing by way of some proficient younger gamers into their aspect, have did not win any of their first three fixtures within the Autumn Internationals, having repeatedly obtained themselves into place to win earlier than failing to recover from the road.
Cole dismissed the notion that among the relative inexperience throughout the England squad is behind the poor outcomes.
“Steve [Borthwick] stated it after the sport that we’re possibly hiding behind our … Perhaps we’re hiding behind that type of expertise. We’re utilizing it as an excuse to be like, as gamers, and possibly as a wider group, that, you understand, ‘Oh yeah, we’re inexperienced in comparison with others’. However really worldwide rugby would not care in the event you’ve obtained one cap, 100 caps, 500 caps, you are on a stage taking part in discipline and you need to win video games of rugby and convert possibilities, Cole advised former teammate Ben Youngs on the pair’s “For The Love of Rugby” podcast.
“However sure, there’s a frustration, and I feel it’s, having learn among the papers, flicked by way of my telephone on-line the previous couple of days, there is a frustration round … Like Steve, I feel after the sport needed to reply, ‘Oh, is he the best man for the job?’
“Sure, he is the f—— proper man for the job. We have misplaced, is it 5 now on the bounce? But it surely’s like A: we have performed New Zealand twice away, France away, South Africa at dwelling. Sure, we should always have crushed Australia, that is in all probability the one large anomaly.
“Main into our streak, we had a World Cup semi-final, the place we misplaced out by some extent.”
England face Japan on the Allianz Stadium Twickenham on Sunday.
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