"I am really pleased to have agreed a new contract with the club, " Kirke told the Rhinos website.

BBC: Kirke agrees new deal with Rhinos

Kirke's new deal comes just a week after fellow forward Kylie Leuluai signed up for another two years at Headingley.

BBC: Kirke agrees new deal with Rhinos

After calibrating the device to establish a baseline of the Click presenter's emotional state, Mr Kirke then played footage that diverged from its expected narrative.

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Many spectators were probably not even back in their seats after the interval when Ian Kirke failed to hold Matt Diskin's pass and Bentley was quickest to capitalise and score for the Dragons.

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The appeals judges said interviewing jurors would have been "the more prudent course of action, " but they said state Supreme Court Justice A. Kirke Bartley acted within his discretion in declining to do so.

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On the injury front, Leeds prop Kylie Leuluai went off after only 13 minutes after coming off worse from a Sykes tackle and, although able to return late on, Ian Kirke, Jamie Jones-Buchanan and Luke Burgess did not play any part of the second half.

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