England flanker Tom Curry has undergone wrist surgical procedure and can miss the beginning of the brand new Premiership season with Sale, however could possibly be match for the Autumn Nations Collection in November.

Curry had an operation on a long-standing wrist ligament damage after coming back from the British and Irish Lions’ sequence victory in Australia and shall be absent for the beginning of Sale’s marketing campaign, which begins in opposition to Gloucester on Thursday, 25 September.

However he has an outdoor likelihood of being match for England’s autumn fixtures in opposition to Australia, Fiji, New Zealand and Argentina.

“You usually tend to see him in an England shirt than you’re a Sale shirt,” stated Sale’s director of rugby Alex Sanderson.

“His return to play sits him someplace across the Autumn Internationals.

“However you by no means know. He has a behavior of defying comeback dates and what surgeons say. He is on good type, therapeutic nicely, lifeless optimistic.”

Curry navigated his method by way of six matches for the Lions regardless of his wrist damage.

He revealed he had a brand new solid fitted in Australia following the Lions’ shock defeat by Argentina in Dublin.

“We had this solid which we needed to change in Sydney, as a result of we realised that I wasn’t truly catching many balls,” he stated.

“We had this thick one which coated my palm and it was actually powerful as a result of I needed to catch [the ball] with my fingertips. I keep in mind taking part in within the Argentina recreation and I stored dropping it.”

England start their marketing campaign in opposition to Australia at Allianz Stadium on Saturday, 1 November.