Quote ="Eccleshill Rhino"Agreed which category of excellence would you put Kirke - the question is his suitability to this standard of rugby - on this season's performances he doesn't justify his contract extension IMO'"
He's not a great player. He is a good SL level player, who does a job. But every squad needs them, and its better that they come through the ranks at a british club, than from the NRL as a quick fix.
As JJB has shown, you can quickly go from average & effective joe at a big club to England / GB capped player. I still think Kirke can improve, although I am not sure he has got international honours ahead of him.