Currie to join exclusive Warrington Wolves club as he hits milestone
TOMORROW looks set to be a landmark day in the career of Ben Currie.
The forward, who is currently captaining Warrington Wolves in the absence of regular skipper George Williams, is set to join an exclusive list by making his 300th appearance for the club.
The Challenge Cup semi-final victory over Leigh Leopards saw him make appearance number 299 in Wire colours, so he would hit the magic number if – as expected – he leads the side out at Wakefield Trinity on Sunday.
Whenever he next plays, he will become just the 33rd player in club history to play 300 games for the club.
Having progressed through the club's academy, Currie made his first-team debut against Widnes Vikings in April 2012 and has established himself as a key man over time either side of suffering a brace of ACL injuries, first in 2016 and then again in 2018.
While the bulk of his career has come in the second row, current head coach Sam Burgess' decision to move him to loose forward has rejuvenated the England international although his versatility has come in handy.
As well as brief stints back in the second row, Currie has also turned out in the halves and the centres of late and even did a short stint on the wing during the recent Challenge Cup victory over Widnes.
Currie's 299 appearances have yielded 97 tries, making him the third in the highest-scoring Wire forward of all time in terms of tries behind Bob Eccles (119) and Ben Westwood (98). Westwood scored 128 tries for Warrington, but 30 of those came as an outside-back before his move into the pack.
And he's not the only Wire player in sight of a record, with Stefan Ratchford and Marc Sneyd also closing in.
With 1,020 Super League goals to his name, Sneyd needs just six more to draw level with Andy Farrell in fourth place in the competition's all-time list.
Paul Deacon (1,043) and Danny Brough (1,084) are also in sight of the scrum-half although all-time leader Kevin Sinfield is far clear on 1,566.
In terms of Super League points in total, Sneyd is currently in seventh place on 2,244 and needs 18 more to overhaul Danny Tickle in sixth spot.
He could soon be joined in the top 10 by Ratchford, who is level with Iestyn Harris on 1,674 points so needs just one more to move into standalone 10th spot.
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