Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- Kurt John Sorensen
- Born
- Thursday, 8th November, 1956
- Current Age
- 67 years and 132 days
- Place Of Birth
- Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Known Family Links
- Brother
- Dane Sorensen
- Uncle
- William Sorensen
- Dave Sorensen
- Cousin once removed
- Scott Sorensen
Biography
Playing 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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Competitions | ||||||||||||||
Competition | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
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Tour Matches | New Zealand | 22 | 4 | - | - | 16 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 45.45% | List | |||
World Cup | 12 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 25.00% | List | ||||
Tour Matches | Auckland | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
NRL | 128 | 35 | - | - | 114 | 64 | 59 | 5 | 50.00% | List | ||||
National Panasonic Cup | 2 | 6 | - | - | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
NRL Finals | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
Test Series | 20 | 4 | - | - | 16 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 50.00% | List | ||||
English Championship | 154 | 25 | - | - | 100 | 98 | 52 | 4 | 63.64% | List | ||||
Regal Trophy | 24 | 6 | - | - | 24 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
Challenge Cup | 37 | 4 | - | - | 16 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 59.46% | List | ||||
Premiership Trophy | 17 | 2 | - | - | 8 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 64.71% | List | ||||
Lancashire Cup | 17 | 4 | - | - | 16 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 70.59% | List | ||||
Charity Shield - UK | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
World Club Challenge | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
Tour Matches | Widnes Vikings | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
UK Second Division | 36 | 4 | - | - | 16 | 17 | 16 | 3 | 47.22% | List | ||||
UK Third Division | 12 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
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Test Matches - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
New Zealand | 1975, 1977, 1983-86, 1988-89 | 28 | 4 | - | - | 16 | 12 | 15 | 1 | 42.86% | List | |||
International Matches - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Rest Of The World | 1988 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
World Cup Matches - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
New Zealand | 1975, 1977, 1985-86, 1988-89 | 12 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 25.00% | List | |||
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Australia - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Auckland | 1975, 1977 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
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NRL/NSWRL - By Year | ||||||||||||||
Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Cronulla | NSWRFL 1979 | 24 | 7 | - | - | 21 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 58.33% | List | |||
Cronulla | NSWRFL 1980 | 18 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 44.44% | List | |||
Cronulla | NSWRFL 1981 | 22 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 54.55% | List | |||
Cronulla | NSWRFL 1982 | 24 | 11 | - | - | 33 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 50.00% | List | |||
Cronulla | NSWRFL 1983 | 22 | 5 | - | - | 20 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
Eastern Suburbs | NSWRL 1984 | 10 | 2 | - | - | 8 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 20.00% | List | |||
Cronulla | NSWRL 1985 | 8 | 2 | - | - | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 62.50% | List | |||
NRL/NSWRL - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Cronulla | 1979-83, 1985 | 118 | 33 | - | - | 106 | 62 | 51 | 5 | 52.54% | List | |||
Eastern Suburbs | 1984 | 10 | 2 | - | - | 8 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 20.00% | List | |||
Overall | 1979-1985 | 128 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 114 | 64 | 59 | 5 | 50.00% | List | |||
English Career - By Year | ||||||||||||||
Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Widnes | 1984/85 | 23 | 5 | - | - | 20 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 43.48% | List | |||
Widnes | 1985/86 | 18 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 55.56% | List | |||
Widnes | 1986/87 | 33 | 11 | - | - | 44 | 19 | 13 | 1 | 57.58% | List | |||
Widnes | 1987/88 | 32 | 6 | - | - | 24 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 78.13% | List | |||
Widnes | 1988/89 | 28 | 8 | - | - | 32 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 78.57% | List | |||
Wigan | 1988/89 | 0 | - | - | - | - | nan% | List | ||||||
Widnes | 1989/90 | 28 | 4 | - | - | 16 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 67.86% | List | |||
Widnes | 1989/90 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
Widnes | 1990/91 | 32 | 2 | - | - | 8 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 81.25% | List | |||
Widnes | 1991/92 | 21 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 47.62% | List | |||
Widnes | 1992/93 | 29 | 3 | - | - | 12 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 55.17% | List | |||
Whitehaven | 1993/94 | 28 | 3 | - | - | 12 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 39.29% | List | |||
Whitehaven | 1994/95 | 13 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.54% | List | |||
Chorley | 1996 | 12 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
English Career - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Widnes | 1984-92 | 245 | 41 | - | - | 164 | 158 | 79 | 8 | 64.49% | List | |||
Whitehaven | 1993-94 | 41 | 4 | - | - | 16 | 19 | 19 | 3 | 46.34% | List | |||
Chorley | 1996 | 12 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
Overall | 1984-1996 | 298 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 184 | 183 | 104 | 11 | 61.41% | List |
Contributions:
Andrew Ferguson, Rugby League Tables, Greg Fiveash, Paul Carter, Shawn Dollin, Alan Katzmann, AJ Lucantonio, Bill Bates
Sources:
Newspapers, Irvin Saxton's Record Keepers' Club, Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1993-94, Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1987-88, Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1985-86, Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1989-90, Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1992-93, Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1990-91, Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1988-89, Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1986-87, Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1991-92, Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1994-95, Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1995-96, Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1997
Your Say
07/05/2012
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.
29/01/2017
Kurt coaching Workington in the 90s
15/09/2017
Great forward for widnes the best
05/05/2020
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.
12/01/2021
Best forward ever in rl. Widnes legend
03/07/2021
Carried widnes many times the Steven Gerrard of rugby league. I loved to watch this totally switched on attacking forward one word SUPERB
18/04/2023
Kurt Sorenson's mid 1970's Wigan career is missing
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