'I curled up in a ball and cried' - England flanker Tom Curry says hip injury could have ended career

SHOCK: England's Tom Curry played through the pain barrier at last year's World Cup. 

When Tom Curry was first told the full extent of the injury that cost him almost all of last season, the Sale flanker admitted he “curled up in a ball” and cried.

After suffering pain throughout England’s World Cup campaign last year, the 26-year-old was diagnosed with femoroacetabular impingement syndrome - a condition that means the ball in the hip joint is not entirely round - and, as he prepared for surgery, was warned his career could be over.