NICK CAIN
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TOM Curry was the Breakthrough Player of the Year in international rugby in 2019 for anyone with open eyes and an open mind. Yet, somehow, World Rugby managed to box themselves into a corner by giving the award to Romain Ntamack, the 20-yearold Toulouse and France fly-half/centre, at the awards ceremony a couple of weeks ago in Tokyo.
This is because Curry, the 21-year-old England and Sale flanker who had a brilliant first full season at international level, and was unquestionably one of the players of the World Cup, was not deemed eligible b...