Ross: Ben good enough to lead England

By JON NEWCOMBE

Jono Ross believes Ben Curry has the ability to develop into a top-class captain for both club and country.
Curry has made a brilliant start to his role as Sale Sharks captain, winning 13 of his 15 league games in charge, but was denied the chance to lead the team out against Saracens at Twickenham yesterday after he was carried off with a serious hamstring injury in the 21-13 semi-final win against Leicester.
Instead the honour of captaining Sale in their first Premiership final for 17 years fell to Ross, who insists that at 24 years of age, Curry has plenty of time to ad...

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