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Sick and sorry Sandow finds first rep training session a struggle
By Christian Nicolussi
September 16, 2010 .MAL, we may have a problem.
Those were the six words Australia's long-serving fitness guru Brian Hyder would have relayed to Prime Minister's XIII coach Mal Meninga as halfback Chris Sandow lay flat on his back on Wednesday.
South Sydney halfback Sandow was given a nightmare introduction to representative football as he struggled with a gruelling fitness session under the hot sun at Redfern Oval.
Sandow dropped to his knees on several occasions and nearly vomited as post-season partying quickly caught up with him.
At one stage Parramatta back-rower Tim Mannah rubbed Sandow's back and offered him words of encouragement, while Hyder handed him extra water.
Sandow returned to Cherbourg, in country Queensland, and celebrated the local league side's grand final victory over the weekend before he made the rushed trip back to Sydney late Tuesday.
As he rubbed shoulders with the PM XIII's squad and the Four Nations train-on squad, the exhausted Sandow told The Daily Telegraph newspaper:
"It was pretty tough out there, but seeing the likes of Darren Lockyer, Billy Slater and Cameron Smith out there running and pushing you along gave me a boost.
"I still feel like I'm going to spew now, but I might wait until I get underneath (the stadium). I had a few with the boys after they won the grand final back home, but it was nothing too serious.
"I now know what I have to do to get myself up with the likes of Lockyer who has been here for years and done the same thing over and over."
Sandow said he was delighted with his first PM's XIII jumper and was keen to impress against Papua New Guinea on Sunday week.
The Bunnies halfback enjoyed an impressive back end to the season and relished the extra responsibility after John Sutton was injured.
Australia strength and conditioning coach Alex Corvo praised the fitness of Michael Ennis, Lockyer, Smith and Slater, and said Sandow made it clear before the session he had spent Tuesday on the road.
"I was pleased he was able to get through the session," Corvo said. "But there's not too much compassion there.
"We're here for the same reason and obviously there's a reason we need to do some hard work because the Four Nations starts in four weeks.
By Christian Nicolussi
September 16, 2010 .MAL, we may have a problem.
Those were the six words Australia's long-serving fitness guru Brian Hyder would have relayed to Prime Minister's XIII coach Mal Meninga as halfback Chris Sandow lay flat on his back on Wednesday.
South Sydney halfback Sandow was given a nightmare introduction to representative football as he struggled with a gruelling fitness session under the hot sun at Redfern Oval.
Sandow dropped to his knees on several occasions and nearly vomited as post-season partying quickly caught up with him.
At one stage Parramatta back-rower Tim Mannah rubbed Sandow's back and offered him words of encouragement, while Hyder handed him extra water.
Sandow returned to Cherbourg, in country Queensland, and celebrated the local league side's grand final victory over the weekend before he made the rushed trip back to Sydney late Tuesday.
As he rubbed shoulders with the PM XIII's squad and the Four Nations train-on squad, the exhausted Sandow told The Daily Telegraph newspaper:
"It was pretty tough out there, but seeing the likes of Darren Lockyer, Billy Slater and Cameron Smith out there running and pushing you along gave me a boost.
"I still feel like I'm going to spew now, but I might wait until I get underneath (the stadium). I had a few with the boys after they won the grand final back home, but it was nothing too serious.
"I now know what I have to do to get myself up with the likes of Lockyer who has been here for years and done the same thing over and over."
Sandow said he was delighted with his first PM's XIII jumper and was keen to impress against Papua New Guinea on Sunday week.
The Bunnies halfback enjoyed an impressive back end to the season and relished the extra responsibility after John Sutton was injured.
Australia strength and conditioning coach Alex Corvo praised the fitness of Michael Ennis, Lockyer, Smith and Slater, and said Sandow made it clear before the session he had spent Tuesday on the road.
"I was pleased he was able to get through the session," Corvo said. "But there's not too much compassion there.
"We're here for the same reason and obviously there's a reason we need to do some hard work because the Four Nations starts in four weeks.
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