Grand Final winner Konrad Hurrell says he hopes to “squeeze” into the Tonga squad after his season to remember with St Helens. Twelve months ago, that would have been highly unlikely after the powerful centre had endured a miserable campaign with Leeds and was offloaded by the Headingley club.
But he’s been reinvigorated at Saints under Tonga coach Kristian Woolf, his surprise arrival there proving to be one of the best bits of recruitment throughout Super League in 2022. Hurrell gave a towering display to help defeat his former club Rhinos in Saturday’s Old Trafford title decider, scoring one try and causing Leeds all sorts of problems.
But if he gets picked for the World Cup, which kicks off in less than three weeks time, it’ll simply be a bonus. Hurrell, 31, said: “I wasn’t even going to make the 17 here (at Saints) so my goal was to try to play week in, week out.
