Sale Sharks star Tom Curry has been so swift in his rise through England ranks that it's easy to forget 2022 is his fifth year as a senior international, racking up 36 caps for his country at what feels like record pace.
And as Eddie Jones ' men prepare to enter the Six Nations without injured captain Owen Farrell, Lewis Moody believes "natural leader" Curry makes for a natural pick to be his successor.
Farrell, 30, was nearing a return from injury before a new setback in Saracens training required surgery on his other ankle, ruling him out of the entire competition.
