Former Parramatta Eels head coach Daniel Anderson was left fighting for life on the shore of a Central Coast beach in September of 2022.
A freak bodysurfing accident left the two time NRL grand finalist with a traumatic spinal injury and in cardiac arrest.
Fortunately for Anderson, two off duty paramedics witnessed the incident and immediately began CPR before lifeguards arrived.
He was airlifted to Royal North Shore Hospital where his rehabilitation began.
Anderson has long been linked with the Eels having been involved in coaching and recruitment in the late 1990s and early 2000s before heading to the New Zealand Warriors where he led the club to its first grand final in 2002.
He returned to Parramatta in 2009 following the resignation of Michael Hagan and the side advanced to that year's decider before he was released by the club in late 2010.
He also captured two ESL premierships as head coach of St Helens.
The NRL, in conjunction with the Eels, Roosters (who Anderson works for as head of recruitment), St Helens and the Warriors.
Daniel has also been a supporter of 1 Eyed Eel when he was general manager of football for Parramatta.
If you would like to donate to Daniel or send a message of support, you can do so at the link below.
https://danielandersonfund.com.au/
Daniel Anderson speaks about how he is going and the NRL community unites to launch Daniel Anderson Support Fund
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I hope he makes a full recovery.
Super, speaking of former coaches, what happened to the fake Brian Smith you brought on here to threaten expulsion to trouble makers. I miss Brian's stern rebukes.
That was not my doing
Absolutely tragic. He's a champion of a bloke too.
His win record was actually extraordinary.
Coryn, whereabouts did you watch the interview?
Full interview will be on Fox with Yvonne Sampson on Face to Face
A dinner is being arranged to raise some funds to help with his rehabilitation , he will be well taken care of . Daniel Anderson was one of the main reasons the eels had such a successful junior system between the Late 90s and early 2000s and even after he left to coach the warriors the club continued to benefit from him work well into the 2000s .
Had the club listened to Ando when he was dead against signing Choc and Foran on outlandish deals the club would never of been busted for cheating the cap because they would not of had to cheat the cap .
That's really crappy news. How come I am only hearing about this now?
He only spoke about it over the weekend and a campaign has been launched called Unite for Daniel
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