Tom Curry will return to England’s team for the rugby test against Japan on Sunday, two weeks after being knocked out while making a tackle against Australia.

A hush descended on Allianz Stadium as an apparently unconscious Tom Curry received treatment from the medics while he lay prone on the Twickenham turf. The England flanker’s head had collided with the knee of Rob Valetini as he tried to tackle the rampaging Australian back row and he appeared to be out cold.

There are always debates in any England team selection. But there should not even be the slightest debate that Tom Curry should be anywhere near England’s squad after being knocked out against Australia two weeks ago.

Tom Curry is back in training with England ahead of their final Autumn Nations Series match against Japan on Sunday.

Tom Curry has been backed to start two weeks after suffering a second concussion of the season as Steve Borthwick names a strong England team to take on Japan. At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.

Tom Curry and Sam Underhill – nicknamed the "Kamikaze Kids" by Eddie Jones – will start together in the back row for England against Jones’ Japan on Sunday.

England flanker Tom Curry is working to improve his tackling technique in a bid to lower his risk of concussion, Andrew Strawbridge has said.

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Tom Curry will return to England’s team for the rugby test against Japan on Sunday, two weeks after being knocked out while making a tackle against Australia. It was the flanker’s second significant head injury of the season,

England have defended the decision to recall Tom Curry for Sunday’s clash with Japan even though he was knocked out against Australia a fortnight ago. Curry will reprise his destructive ‘Kamikaze Kids’ partnership with Sam Underhill for the first time since the 2023 World Cup after being chosen at blindside flanker at the expense of Chandler Cunningham-South.