‘I have stayed in touch with James Ryan’published at 16:30 GMT
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Tom Curry will be coming up against some of his British and Irish Lions team-mates from last summer’s tour of Australia.
Curry started all three Tests in the back row alongside Ireland’s Tadhg Beirne and Jack Conan.
“I have stayed in touch with James Ryan, we talk a bit, and then Mack Hansen and I only commute by Instagram reels. We have had a few interesting chats,” he told BBC Sport.
“James and I chat about life but mostly rugby.
He will also be reunited with Ireland head coach Andy Farrell, who was in charge of the Lions.
“Faz is good. You can see where [former England captain] Owen [Farrell] gets it from. They are very concise with their words,” he added.
“Before the first Test in Brisbane he got Tadhg Beirne, Jack Conan and I together and made us aware he picked us as we perform in big games on the big stage.
“It is always an exciting fixture.”
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