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".