“FOR the next step of my career, I want to kick on and become a leader for this team.”

Those were Ben Currie’s words last November as he committed the next three years of his career to Warrington Wolves.

As the first of those years nears its conclusion, the second rower is firmly entrenched in the leadership group within the Wire dressing room.

At 27 years of age, Currie still has plenty of years ahead of him and has rebounded from two horrific knee injuries to once again establish himself as a key weapon in the side.

So where does he feel his transition into leadership is at?

“There’s still a few steps I need to take, but we have a leadership group that I’m involved with,” he said.

“I’m not afraid to say how I think – it’s a trait of mine that I like.

“There’s still more I need to do before any kind of captaincy role, but I feel like I’m stepping up as a leader and a senior guy in the group.”

What set Currie apart when he burst onto the scene was his try-scoring ability – he would regularly be among the leading scorers despite playing in the pack.

This season has seen him becoming more of an attacking weapon again – he has crossed for 10 tries so far with only outside backs Jake Mamo, Josh Charnley and Toby King scoring more.

He has no doubt been helped on that score by the left-edge partnership with half-back Gareth Widdop, whose link with Currie has looked extremely threatening at times.

The left was no doubt Warrington’s strike edge in the early part of the season and while things have balanced out more as the year has gone on, the England international is happy with how things are developing with Widdop.

“We started the year with myself, Gaz, Toby (King) and Tommy (Lineham) over there and we started really well as an edge,” he said.

“Going through, there’s always been injuries or suspensions that have broken our edge up, but to get Gaz back in the team helps us and helps me personally too.

“When you have a different half-back year-on-year or even week-on-week, it can be difficult to build up relationships but I’ve played with Gaz at international level, had two seasons and a full pre-season with him. We’ve had a good few months of playing together.”