Work rateI watched Tom Curry for the first time in the summer of 2017, when he was 18 and playing against Argentina on his debut. When I see a new player, I ask myself what makes them unique and for Tom, it is his work rate — his greatest asset is that he will constantly be getting back to his feet, back into the game and attacking it. As a No 6 or No 7, that is the most valuable thing you can have, and against Ireland last weekend that was more visible than it had been in his previous five England Tests. TemperamentTom is 20, he is still a young man, and one of the hardest things that he will have to deal…

Source: The Times February 09, 2019 00:01 UTC