In fact he
admired Kurt so much that he named his son after him.
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Mark Topping, Cumbria
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Unfortunately I never got to see Karalius &
Mills play live but some of the old video footage was frightening
to watch. It makes some of todays so called hard men look like
ballet dancers.
Years ago when I was a student I had a summer job working for
a building company owned by former Saints & GB hooker Eddie
Cunningham (elder brother of Keiron). As most players were amateur
back then quite a few current & ex players worked for the
company during the week including former international Tommy
Cunningham & the then current Saints & GB player Roy
Haggerty.
Roy really was what you would call a hard man and on more than
1 occasion left opponents flat out (usually with an illegal
punch or 2). Roy claimed the the hardest players he ever played
with were GB duo Andy Platt & Chris Arkwright, and the hardest
opponent he ever played against was Kurt Sorenson. In fact he
admired Kurt so much that he named his son after him.
Interestingly though he said some players liked to portray a
hard man image but where nowhere to be seen when it actually
kicked off. One of these he said was Wigan prop Kelvin Skerrett.
There was 1 story Roy liked to tell where it all kicked off
with players running in from all over, Skerrett ran up to him
& started to punch Roy in the head. Roy just stood there
& took about 4 or 5 blows to the head, grabbed Skerrett
by the throat, punched him once in the face and left him spark
out on the floor.
Hope you find these little stories amusing, Regards Mark
Appears in the following pages ....P81_Kurt SORENSEN
Date of posting ... 10-May-2004
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