England’s Tom Curry suffers gruesome head injury against France

A match which quickly became a nightmare for France later turned into a scene from a horror movie as blood started pouring from a gash in England player Tom Curry’s head.

During the second half, Curry ran with the ball, and with blood already covering his face, headed straight into a tackle with huge French centre Mathieu Bastareaud. 

After getting up from that collision, a medic came on to towel down his face, only for blood to continue gushing from the wound. 

 England hosted France at Twickenham in what ended up being an easy Six Nations victory

Tom Curry played on briefly after receiving a gruesome head wound which gushed blood

Curry was briefly replaced by Nathan Hughes, but came back on after being patched up

Social media users were quick to react, likening his face to something from a horror movie

He went off to the blood bin, replaced by Nathan Hughes, but wasn’t deterred for long, quickly returning to action after being patched up.

Social media reacted quickly too, likening Curry to the Black Knight from Monty Python and his ‘just a flesh wound.’ Another user called him ‘Tom Carrie,’ referencing the gory scene from the film adaptation of the Stephen King book. 

England dominated the Six Nations match from start to finish, scoring try after try, as frustrations in the French camp grew. 

Later in the second half a brief melee erupted between some England and France players 

It all started after Kyle Sinckler grabbed Arthur Iturria’s scrum cap, and he was penalised

Those frustrations spilled over after Kyle Sinckler grabbed flanker Arthur Iturria’s scrum cap and pulled it down over his eyes. Players from both sides then piled in to the melee.

The penalty went against Sinckler, but no one received any cards after the brief fracas when everyone managed to calm down.

The match ended 44-8 in favour of England, lifting them back to the top of the Six Nations standings.