Curry urges England to keep their heads against Fiji

Tom Curry has urged England to keep their heads and embrace the occasion when they clash with Fiji in Sunday's World Cup quarter-final.

Steve Borthwick's team are favourites to avenge their first-ever defeat to Fiji at Twickenham, but Curry knows the importance of channelling emotions in the right way.

The backrower was handed a two-game ban for his red card in the pool opener against Argentina for a head-on-head high tackle, his yellow card for a head-on-head contact with Pumas full-back Juan Cruz Mallia upgraded to red after World Rugby's bunker review system.

"It's exciting, isn't it? These are the games that you love to play in. Growing up as a kid and watching the World Cup, knock-out rugby is where you want to be," Curry said.

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"There's huge excitement building into this game, but you want to grab hold of that and run with it - use it.

"We don't want to go out of control, we want to do what we've been practising for the last two or three months. The excitement can only be a positive."

Fiji prevailed 30-22 when the rivals last met as England's build-up to the World Cup reached its lowest ebb and Curry is eager to see how much each team has developed since then.

"Honestly, we're a different team. You're always constantly learning. It can only help. Fiji have probably got better, we've got better. We'll find out Sunday," Curry said.

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