England might contest Curry pink card amid Rugby World Cup ban risk
The fit-again Sale flanker was despatched off in the course of the early levels of England’s 27-10 victory over Argentina on Saturday that kick-started their Pool D marketing campaign for Steve Borthwick’s facet.
Curry collided face to face with Argentina full-back Juan Cruz Mallia within the third minute of the sport in Marseille, and noticed an preliminary yellow card upgraded to pink after a bunker assessment.
England made gentle of their man drawback to subdue the passive Pumas on the Stade Velodrome, however might now be with out Curry for 3 weeks ought to a ban be imposed.
Springboks centre Jesse Kriel clashed heads with Scotland’s Jack Dempsey in Sunday’s Pool B match in Marseille. The incident appeared just like Curry’s dismissal, and but the officers ignored the problem solely.
Kriel stayed on the sphere and defending champions South Africa powered past Scotland 18-3, to put down an early marker within the event’s hardest pool that additionally consists of No1-ranked Ireland.
Chile captain Martin Sigren was earlier sin-binned for a head collision with Japan’s Kotaro Matsushima that additionally appeared just like Curry’s scenario.
Seeing pink: Tom Curry’s yellow card towards Argentina was upgraded after a bunker assessment
/ Getty ImagesThe Brave Blossoms defeated World Cup debutants Chile 42-12 in Toulouse on Sunday, however the Sigren incident might be as fascinating to England as the chance to analyse two future opponents’ approaches.
Curry’s dismissal was England’s fourth pink card within the final six matches, following the dismissals of Freddie Steward, Owen Farrell and Billy Vunipola.