Tom Curry sticks up for England side

Industrious England openside flanker Tom Curry has come out in stout defence of his team and coach amid much criticism levelled at Eddie Jones’ charges after a relatively poor Six Nations competition thus far.

England are current champions but have managed only one victory so far from three outings and that being against the Italians.

Curry, however, does not seem to be in a negative mindset:

“A couple of games don’t define you as a team, don’t define what you’ve done or don’t define where you’re going,” he said.

“Sport is sport and so is life. It’s never going to be up all the way up, it’s never going to be perfect.

“The mark of where a team is, and the feeling we have as a team, is how much growth we have and how much excitement we can get from times like this.

“Of course people outside aren’t going to understand how we are in camp. It’s a Covid bubble, it’s pretty secure, no one’s coming in, no one’s coming out.

“So it’s going to be tough for people to understand how tight-knit this group is and how excited we are, moving forward.

“I can accept that, I understand why people are feeling like that, but it’s not true. And all that matters is that we know that.

“Put the table aside, this game couldn’t have come at a better time,” said Curry ahead of Saturday’s Twickenham showdown with France.

“We have ability to have an unbelievably exciting game and being able to learn and adapt and probably fix things. It is nothing that we are not excited about.”