Coaching Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- Kurt John Sorensen
- Born
- Thursday, 8th November, 1956
- Current Age
- 69 years and 175 days
- Place Of Birth
- Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Known Family Links
- Brother
- Dane Sorensen
- Uncle
- William Sorensen
- Dave Sorensen
- Cousin
- Emosi Koloto
- Cousin once removed
- Scott Sorensen
- Cousin
- Bill Sorensen
Biography
Kurt Sorensen was a seasoned Kiwi International forward playing with English club Wigan when he chose to sit out the 1978 season in order to beat an international transfer ban and join his brother Dane at Cronulla. The more volatile of the two brothers, Kurt Sorenson was the youngest ever Kiwi representative player (18 years 323 days) when he debuted in the 1975 World Cup (he went on to play in 27 Tests between 1975 and 1989). Sorenson played with Cronulla for five seasons before joining his brother, Dane, at Easts in 1984. The hard-running forward returned to England at the end of 1984 and linked with Widnes (he also played one last season for Cronulla in 1985) and appeared in 252 games from 1984 to 1993. Sorensen led Widnes to Challenge Cup and league premiership success in 1988-89 and was captain of the team that defeated Canberra in the 1989 World Club Championship.
- ALAN WHITICKER
Additional Notes
Coaching Career Statistics
All statistics shown in this section are based only on data available in the RLP database, and are not necessarily a complete and/or 100% accurate representation of a player's career. This information should be used as a guide only. If you see a question mark (?), it denotes that the figure is not available.
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| Club Career - UK | Games | W | L | D | Win % | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Challenge Cup | - | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 75.00% | List | |||||||
| Regal Trophy | - | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | |||||||
| Overall | Games | W | L | D | Win % | |||||||||
| First Class | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 71.43% | List | ||||||||
English Career - By Year | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | Games | W | L | D | Win % | ||||||||
| Whitehaven | 1994/95 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 71.43% | List | |||||||
English Career - By Team | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | Games | W | L | D | Win % | ||||||||
| Whitehaven | 1994 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 71.43% | List | |||||||
Contributions:
Rugby League Tables, Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash, Shawn Dollin, Paul Carter, Alan Katzmann, Tony McCarron, AJ Lucantonio, Max Turner, Derek Farrar, Bill Bates, Tim Costello
Sources:
News Reports, Castleford Tigers Heritage , Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook (1981-82 to 1999), Irvin Saxton's Record Keepers' Club, Match Video
Your Say
8 May 2012 12:32am
The robust,hard-running Sorenson was still playing for Whitehaven RL Club at age 40 before coaching the side in the English First Division in the late 1990s.
30 Jan 2017 1:14am
Kurt coaching Workington in the 90s
16 Sep 2017 2:52am
Great forward for widnes the best
6 May 2020 4:25am
I was a cronulla supporter when Kurt came over to join up with Dane.Made a huge impact.So powerful and very quick for a big man.
12 Jan 2021 2:57pm
Best forward ever in rl. Widnes legend
3 Jul 2021 5:52pm
Carried widnes many times the Steven Gerrard of rugby league. I loved to watch this totally switched on attacking forward one word SUPERB
18 Apr 2023 1:12pm
Kurt Sorenson's mid 1970's Wigan career is missing
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