Curry's determined to do it for the fans

TOM Curry hopes to inspire the next generation of Northern rugby fans by taking the Premiership trophy back home to Sale. 

- JON NEWCOMBE

Curry was a few weeks short of his eighth birthday when the Sharks won their only previous league title and the region has been starved of top-level success ever since.

But having gone one better than two years ago and reached the final against Saracens, the Sharks are now just one win away from being crowned champions of England.

As someone with 45 England caps to his name, Curry is no stranger to Twickenham and has only been on the losing side in four of his 21 Test appearances there.

However, this will be his first outing for Sale at the home of English rugby and it is one he is looking forward to immensely.

“Any time you run out at Twickenham is special so to do it with Sale (in a cup final) is going to be really exciting,” said Curry, who was born a couple of miles away from Twickenham, at West Middlesex Hospital in Hounslow and spent his early years there.

“It’s the biggest thing, isn’t it? You can’t get any bigger than this. You would be saying that if you were at every club. It’s huge.