Ben Curry has career goal of playing for England alongside twin brother Tom
The Sale forwards have never represented their country at the same time.
Ben Curry’s greatest ambition in rugby is to play alongside twin brother Tom in England’s back row.
Ben, Sale’s captain for their home Gallagher Premiership clash with Bath on Friday night, has won five caps but each of them have come when Tom has been on British and Irish Lions duty or injured.
The World Cup and its programme of warm-up fixtures could have seen his dream realised only for hamstring surgery to rule him out of the tournament in France.
The likelihood of Ben adding to his five caps in the Six Nations has increased after Tom was earlier this week ruled out for the rest of the season by hip surgery.
The identical twins live together near the AJ Bell Stadium and Tom’s setback will result in changes at home – once help has been sought from Sale fly-half George Ford.
“So the first thing I told Tom was to text Fordy and get a hotel for two nights! You’ve just had surgery and you are lying in a hotel room with everyone doing stuff for you.
“On the back of that we are going to have to change rooms. We still live together, and he’s on the top floor and I’m on the second floor, so we might have to change rooms.
“I’m probably going to have to do a bit of stuff to help out, unfortunately!
“Take it for what it is, take your time away from the game so that when you come back, you properly go after it.
“It’s a good opportunity to get better, bigger, stronger, faster – all of those cliches.
“You’ve got five months at it, so it can make a difference to how he plays and also his longevity as well if he gets it right.”
