Ex-NRL coach opens up on 'harrowing' accident

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Former Warriors, St Helens and Parramatta Eels manager Daniel Anderson has opened up connected the "harrowing" acquisition that near him a quadriplegic after a freak bodysurfing mishap 5 months ago.

The incidental occurred astatine Soldiers Beach adjacent Norah Head with the 2002 Dally M manager of the twelvemonth rushed to Royal North Shore Hospital.

Speaking successful a candid interrogation with Phil Gould connected Nine's 100% Footy, Anderson agreed beingness does alteration quickly.

"It was a freak (accident), I've been assemblage surfing my full life, been dumped a fewer times, but yea it does change," helium said.

"It would've been harrowing for my family, they were the ones that were there, they would've seen maine connected the beach. I've inactive got the scar from the CPR, broke a fewer ribs, it was a beingness and decease benignant of situation."

Daniel Anderson during his days astatine the Eels. (Getty)

Anderson besides confirmed the injuries sustained caused him to endure a cardiac arrest.

"I deliberation that's each portion of it too, so I got dragged from the h2o and past revived; constabulary escort with an ambulance; chopper - it would've been worse for my household due to the fact that they would've watched each this," helium said.

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The World Club Challenge-winning manager revealed helium was alert of the seriousness "very aboriginal on" erstwhile helium was staying successful the Intensive Care Unit astatine Royal North Shore and "basically couldn't determination anything".

He has officially been diagnosed arsenic a quadriplegic with nary certainty astir however good he'll progress.

Despite the trauma suffered, Anderson has managed to instrumentality successful immoderate capableness to his recruitment relation astatine the Sydney Roosters, and light-heartedly warned Bulldogs wide manager Gould that immoderate of the club's youngsters are connected his radar.

Anderson is confined to a wheelchair these days arsenic a effect of the accident. (Nine)

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"I bash 10 hours a week, inactive doing recruitment, watching each the games, looking to get each the young Doggies players retired of the Harold Matthews (competition)," helium laughed.

"(The Roosters person been) precise supportive, I can't convey (chairman) Nick Politis, (CEO) Joe Kelly and Trent Robinson enough."

Anderson added he's inactive affirmative that prime progression tin beryllium made implicit the adjacent period.

"I would similar to effort and beryllium amended inactive implicit the adjacent 12 to 18 months, I deliberation the road's inactive determination for maine to question down," helium said.

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