Mick Clark a prop in particular - give the young lads a physical
hidding.Dennis was incensed!
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Martin Lea
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Castleford
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12/04/2004
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It was in 1970.Dennis was on International duty
against France one Saturday.Prior to this the night before the
international, Castleford,Dennis's team,played arch rivals Leeds in a match on
the Friday evening.Dennis was ineligble to play due to his International
appearance the next day,as were a number of other Cas stars so he
watched the match from the stands.Cas put out a very young team that night
due to international duties and injuries and he saw the Leeds forwards -
Mick Clark a prop in particular - give the young lads a physical
hidding.Dennis was incensed!
A few weeks later Cas drew Leeds in the Challenge Cup.Dennis was
playing.First scrum Dennis smacked Clark in the face as they were packed
down.Clarke said " Nay Dennis we are not having any of that are we?"
" Yes lad we are,all bloody eighty minutes of it" said Dennis.He was
true to his word.Dennis terrorised the whole of the Leeds pack during
that game.Indeed the press made a point of saying ho fearsome Dennis
was.Cas won the game and went on to win the Cup for the second successive
year.
Appears in the following pages ....P95_Dennis HARTLEY
Date of posting ... 10-May-2004
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