England
Curry was called up to the senior England squad by Eddie Jones for their 2017 summer tour of Argentina. [15] In his first England appearance against the Barbarians on 28 May 2017 he was named Man of the Match. [16] The match against the Barbarians was a 'non-test' fixture, so he did not receive an official cap. Curry made his first capped appearance for England at flanker in the first test against Argentina in June 2017. [17] He became the youngest player to start at flanker for England, [18] and the youngest England forward since 1912. [19]
Curry was named in England's 2019 Six Nations Squad and started at No 7 in all of England's games. He scored tries in the matches against Wales and Scotland. He started at 6 for the 2019 Rugby World Cup final. [20] With England, Curry has won the Six Nations Championship and the Autumn Nations cup, both in 2020.
Curry was part of the squad for the November 2021 Autumn Nations Series. [21] He was named as a vice captain for the test series, along with fellow squad members Courtney Lawes and Ellis Genge. Curry started the first match of the series, against Tonga, at Number 8. He went on to start both of England's victories over Australia and South Africa. [22] [23]
On 18 January 2022 Curry was named as part of Jones' 36 man squad for the 2022 Six Nations Championship. [24] Curry was named to captain the side from openside flanker in the opening match at Murrayfield, becoming England's youngest captain since 1988. [25] England lost the match 17-20. [26] He also started in England's subsequent victories over Italy and Wales. [27] [28] He suffered a concussion against Wales and exited the game at half time but passed the return to play protocols and was declared fit to start against Ireland. [29] Curry lasted only 14 minutes against Ireland before suffering a hamstring injury which also ruled him out for the final game of the tournament against France. [30] [31] England lost to Ireland and France, finishing the 2022 Six Nations in 3rd place with only two victories. [32]
On 6 June 2022 Curry was named as part of the training squad for England's fixture against the Barbarians and subsequent tour to Australia. [33] Curry was named as captain for the game against the Barbarians at Twickenham. [34] England were beaten by the Barbarians 52-21, with the Barbarians spending the majority of the match with 14 men. [35] He was named in England's squad for the 2022 England rugby union tour of Australia on 20 June. [36] Curry started the first test match of the tour at openside flanker but suffered a concussion during the match and was replaced at half time. As a result of this he was ruled out of the rest of the test match series, which England would go on to win 2-1. [37] [38]
On 26 September 2022 Curry was named as part of an England squad for a three-day training camp prior to England's end-of-year international fixtures. [39] He started all four of England's test matches at openside flanker, receiving a yellow card in England's final match against South Africa. [40]
Curry suffered a hamstring tear while on club duty with Sale which ruled him out of the first two games of the 2023 Six Nations. [41]
On 7 August 2023, Curry was named as part of the England squad for the 2023 Rugby World Cup. [42] In the opening Pool D match against Argentina, Curry became the first England player to be shown a red card in a Rugby World Cup. In the third minute of play he was shown a yellow card after making head-on-head contact with Juan Cruz Mallía, and this was subsequently upgraded to red under the ‘bunker’ review system. [43] He was subsequently forced to miss England's next two matches in the World Cup, against Japan and Chile. [44]
In October 2024, coach Steve Borthwick included him alongside 16 players in the Rugby Football Union pioneering the Elite Player Squad initiative in England. [45]
In January 2025, he was named in the starting lineup alongside brother, Ben, for the first time at international level for the opening match of the 2025 Six Nations against Ireland. [46]
