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Defiant Ben Currie insists Warrington will emerge from their latest slump and finally fulfil their title-winning potential.
The wheels look in danger of coming off another championship push after losing four of their last five games. England second-row Currie has been here before coming so close but so far from Super League glory in his 12 years at Halliwell Jones Stadium. However, for all their recent crash, including Friday’s awful 23-14 defeat at second-bottom Castleford, Daryl Powell’s side remain just two points behind leaders Catalans.
And ahead of hosting Leeds on Thursday, Currie firmly believes they can regain the electric form that saw them open the season with eight straight wins. He fired: "The belief is still there in this squad. Of course it is. We’ve had a blip these last couple of weeks but every team across Super League has that.
“It’s about coming through the other side of it and we know we can. It’s hard to pin it down to one thing exactly in terms of what’s gone wrong. We’ve lost a couple of players and there’s been a few changes within our squad. But we have faith that everyone who comes into the side will do a job. We have dipped in little efforts. But we’re not worrying.”
Having won the Challenge Cup and League Leaders’ Shield with Warrington, the only thing in Currie’s mind is getting to Old Trafford but this time winning - and playing. Since breaking into the Wire first-team, the 32-year-old has cruelly missed all three of the club’s title deciders in 2013, 2016 and 2018 due to illness or injury. But, having agreed a new deal until the end of 2026, he is adamant he can get across the line with a club where he’s made almost 250 appearances.
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Ever-present Currie said: “I’ve been here plenty of years and I’ve just signed on for a few more. My main goal is to win the big one with this club. It will be a great achievement for the club and the town. And I’m doing my best to get things turned around.”
Warrington Wolves' Ben Currie (Getty Images)But Leeds will be buoyant after arresting their own slide with Friday’s huge 54-0 rout of Huddersfield, mastermind by their Australian ex-Wolves stand-off Blake Austin. Currie, who reclaimed his England place in April’s Test against France, said: “They’re a dangerous team.
“We came in from our match last Friday and saw that result. They’ll be full of confidence. But they were low on confidence at the start of the year. They’ve come through that. They have threats across the park - we know what Blake can do - but hopefully we have the HJ bouncing, we can get off to a good start and go get the job done.”