yeah I cant remember Sorenson even squaring up to Boyd one on one.....

Like Boyd said himself at a sportsmans when asked why he disliked Sorenson so much
"he just always picked on the little guys" was his reply...

thats closer to the truth than Jiffys tall story which has been said about Jim Mills, and Mike Nicholas to name two others...

He tried, Biscuit, in the Regal Semi @Wigan in 86/87 (to be fair, I think he broke Boydies nose), but Les had the last laugh by absolutely smashing Kurt the Skirt all over the place, in the said incident. IIRC Boydie was eventually subbed , but still won MoM.

I remember an absolute nutcase from Barrow called Eddie Syzmala (sp) who had a reputation of a hardman. He might have had a go at Les, but most nutcases did (and came worse off)

either boyd or sorenson wouldnt have last long with nicholas and mills would eat all 3 in his pomp,ask the welsh lads who played with him.

my granddad used to play for widnes and he said that mills was the hardest rugby player of all time.

Davies is a great speaker - at the GF a couple of years ago I was lucky enough to hear him speak.
He told us of a story that went something like this

One of the first matches he played for Widnes and he was scrum half.
Every time their was a scrum he'd go down the blindside and leave his marker grasping thin air.
After this had happened 3 or 4 times the opposition second row ('old school' and a real tough nut) said to Jiffy - right in front of the ref - ''if you go down the blindside one more time I'll knock your f***ing head off''.
Jiffy turned to the ref and said 'have you just heard what he said?'
The ref replied 'Aye - and if I were you I wouldn't go down the blindside again!!'

We were wetting ourselves.
Great speaker. Great bloke.

My favourite ever Wires game.

Bob Jackson kicking (mainly missing) the conversions. Great player, great bloke, bloody awful kicker.
Along with Sir Les our finest Aussie import.

after Brian Bevan obviously...

Sorensen never once got the better of Boyd. Boyd was right,sorensen only ever picked on small blokes. In the semi-final you mention, sorensen was punching Tony Hodson our hooker(guess what? yes......a little bloke!). Boyd raced over and floored Sorensen,who left Hodson alone after that. Oh,and Warrington won 35-4!

I too was at the at Doha RFC Chairman's Annual Sportsmans dinner . The Boydy (The Mighty Tank) / "Skirt" Sorenson story Jiffy told, was not exactly as printed. The main crutch of the story being what referee John Holdsworth said to Kurt Sorenson when he pulled him. However I am sure Jonathon being a professional after dinner speaker would not appreciate somebody telling the story across the internet, so I am not printing it here. If however any individual would like the full story, drop me a line at cullengeoff@hotmail.com and I will send it to them individually. Incidentally any non Muslim's living (Or visiting) Qatar have no problem obtaining "more than enough" alcohol they'll ever want, legally............. 'llA11GEF

I too was at the at Doha RFC Chairman's Annual Sportsmans dinner . The Boydy (The Mighty Tank) / "Skirt" Sorenson story Jiffy told, was not exactly as printed. The main crutch of the story being what referee John Holdsworth said to Kurt Sorenson when he pulled him. However I am sure Jonathon being a professional after dinner speaker would not appreciate somebody telling the story across the internet, so I am not printing it here. If however any individual would like the full story, drop me a line at cullengeoff@hotmail.com and I will send it to them individually. Incidentally any non Muslim's living (Or visiting) Qatar have no problem obtaining "more than enough" alcohol they'll ever want, legally............. 'llA11GEF

What's the social life like there now .. When I was there it was the rugby club, ERA club & the monthly trip to the "Pharmacy" for your montly "prescription".

Possibly THE biggest crock of shoyte ive ever seen on RLFans and theres an awful lot of it on here. Your selective memory just blocking out Kurt v Skerritt or Kurt v Ward then? Only went for small blokes... lmfao.

my memory of Mr Sorensen that in my first ever game aged 11, he started a littel scuffle right in front of me and he was one of the scariest things i'd ever seen

www.eraofthebiff.com/p21-yarn-22.html this site is great for good stories about great biff... many involving les! the link is to one i found particularly funny!

www.eraofthebiff.com/p21-yarn-22.html this site is great for good stories about great biff... many involving les! the link is to one i found particularly funny!

Great story - It's a pity I was born too late to watch Sir Les play!

thats one of the funniest thing i have read about rl wish i could of saw sir les play would of loved it

and then after hicksy and lance todd winner monas.

Did Jiffy also mention what happened to him in his first match????

He was on the BBC doing commentary for a Challenge Cup after his run out against us and he had a massive shiner. When asked about it, he said it was his welcome to rugby league for the Warrington players.

Les was one the nicest blokes you could meet (off the pitch). He used to take his wife and kids shopping in Stockton Heath wearing shorts on a freezing cold winters day. His daughter went to school in the village and was being teased by a little lad about her accent. She promptly set about him and broke the poor kids arm in the process. She was only about 8 at the time but was bigger than than all the 10 year olds. Not Sir Les' kid for nothing.

Beautiful story.............

When you ask about social life and clubs I assume you mean Western type clubs where alchohol is availaable legally. The rugby club is still going strong, probably the strongest club in Qatar with almost a thousand members with some sort of social activity on every night. The ERA club changed hands and was re-named Garvey's, however on New Years eve 2008, at 1030 PM, It was raided for some reason by the police, everybody given 10 minutes to leave the premises (and area), the electricity was cut off, the doors were locked (with food still on the table and in the kitchen) and it has not reopened since, all kinds of stories as to why it was shut down but nobody knows for sure (except of course the person who ordered it to be shut). There are lots of other good venues, including the golf club which has a Championship course and a floodlit Academy course, good food and well stocked bar. The diplomatic club if you enjoy a quiet game of snooker, (4 full size tables) plus others.
There are probably around 15 good Western hotels with pool services and some kind of club either as sports type bar or entertainment with visiting and resident bands, you could say there is a variety of events going on in Doha everynight of the week if you know where to go. You mention the monthly trip to the pharmecy, well is now a supermarket style outlet, where you go when you like, spend what you wish and just pay or charge it to your credit card. Most people are now entitled to spend around 10 times the amount they could under the old system run by the British Embassy. Cheers and remenmber [size=150The Road to Eternal Happiness is a Vodka & Tonic[/size
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Sportsmans Dinner at the Rugby Club tonight

Andy Gommersall, John Bentley and some Comedian/Impressionist (definately not Mike Yarwood).