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Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia |
9 January 1989 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 163 cm (5 ft 4 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 82 kg (12 st 13 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Halfback, Fullback | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Chris Sandow (born 9 January 1989 in Kingaroy, Queensland) is an Indigenous Australian professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Norths Devils in the Intrust Super Cup. Sandow previously played for the Warrington Wolves in the Super League, he also played played for the South Sydney Rabbitohs, and the Parramatta Eels in the National Rugby League. A goal-kicking halfback, he can also fill in at fullback.
Sandow is from Bigambul / Gubbi Gubbi traditional Aboriginal territory. Sandow grew up in Queensland playing rugby league in the Aboriginal community of Cherbourg, a three-hour drive north west of Brisbane. He later moved to Brisbane where he attended Marsden State High School with Israel Folau.
He played Colts and Queensland Cup rugby for the Souths Logan Magpies. Sandow received junior representative honors when he was selected for the Queensland under-17 & under-19 squads. In 2006, while in year 12 at Marsden State High School where his classmates were Israel Folau and Antonio Winterstein, Sandow was selected for the Australian Schoolboys squad that toured Wales, England and France, where he was awarded the man-of-the-match award in the game against the British Amateur Rugby League Association (BARLA) squad.