SANDOW FEELS THE PINCH
OUT-of-favour Parramatta Eels halfback Chris Sandow appears to have bitten the hand that feeds him in more ways than one, knocking back a two-year contract extension with the Eels. Sport Confidential can reveal Sandow was offered $650,000 for an additional two seasons shortly after Kieran Foran was signed earlier this season but rejected it.
With his game-day write-off of a test drive Holden last Sunday, Sandow is now long-odds to earn a start anywhere in the NRL beyond this year. Look for the Eels to partner Corey Norman with Kiwi Test pivot Foran as the blue and gold halves next season.
On the Richter scale of atrocities, crashing a test-drive vehicle on game day and fleeing the scene of the accident rates around the vicinity of a nine.
In fairness, at least Sandow, who was not charged over the incident, still made it to Pirtek Stadium in one piece. In the final year of a four-year contract with the Eels, the no.7’s best chance of a winning a new contract now appears consigned to the UK Super League.
