Sandow is a hungry bush tucker man

Chris Sandow's mother's name of Rhonda is tattooed on his right forearm and he loves her cooking. Source: News Limited

IT doesn't matter who you are — there is nothing better than Mum's home cooking.

But when Parramatta halfback Chris Sandow rocks back home for a feed, you can forget about a leg of lamb and some steamed veg.

Sandow stopped in to visit his mum Rhonda after the Eels played in Brisbane a couple of weeks ago. If Parramatta's club nutritionist is reading this, you may want to look away now.

"Chris stayed at my place after the Broncos game and he loves his bush tucker," Rhonda said.

"I cooked him jewfish and damper rolls, and Chris grew up on stuff like echidna and wallaby.

"Some people like KFC, but Chris craves for jewfish and wallaby."

Harder to get in a drive-thru on the way home, though.

So, the obvious next question: How do you cook echidna?

"Well, you take the quills and because they eat ants, we take the ant sack out of them," Rhonda said. "You gut the echidna completely, then boil it for half an hour and then it goes in the oven to roast.

"It (echidna) tastes in between chicken and steak. That's the secret for Chris, good old fashioned bush tucker.

"We make good food out of wallaby too. We skin them and we either fry it like a normal steak, or I make a casserole or wallaby stew.

"It might be a bit fatty so lucky Chris isn't living me with every day."

Gorden Tallis took a swing at Anthony Griffin, who has responded by refusing to chat to him. Source: News Limited

RAGING BULL CHARGES

NICE and bitter little feud simmering between Broncos coach Anthony Griffin and one of the club's greatest players, former skipper Gorden Tallis.

After Friday night's loss to the Titans, Griffin refused to do an interview with Triple M's NRL broadcast team because Tallis is part of the station's commentary panel. Didn't impress big Gordie that much.

"The Brisbane Broncos coach doesn't want to talk to his fans," Tallis said.

"He didn't come on, so he sends on some other bloke, I don't know who he is."

Asked who on the panel had offended Griffin, Tallis — as he is known to do — hit it hard and straight down the middle.

"I did. I told him that he shouldn't have the job," Gordie said. "You've got to have tough skin mate. You're a coach.

"Wayne Bennett, when he first started, they ran a poll on Channel 10 to get him sacked.

"If you expect a 20-year-old to go out and run into Greg Bird and expect him to be tough, you've got to have a thick skin as well."

CARTY SOLDIERS ON

THE Titans are winning plenty of fans for playing tough at the moment, and they're following the lead of their coach.

John Cartwright was doing dips in the gym last week when he tripped getting off the machine, injuring his right ankle.

Carty had the ankle heavily strapped to get through training, then took himself off for an MRI scan after the session.

TREE-CLIMBING TITANS

A COUPLE of weeks ago this column revealed how big Dave Taylor came in for some ribbing at Titantown because it was revealed he carried a muscle in his calf that was a very rare throwback to our primate predecessors on the evolutionary ladder.

A couple of blokes at Robina have stopped laughing so much. It turns out prop Luke Bailey and football manager Scott Clark carry the same tree-climbing muscle.

Might explain why the Coast have been so good at climbing the NRL ladder this year.

Jockey Melody O'Brien out of silks and all glammed up. Source: Supplied

MELODY'S SILKY-SMOOTH TRANSITION

TOOWOOMBA jockey Melody O'Brien had three starts for one win at Saturday's Esk race meeting in the picturesque Brisbane Valley.

Melody slipped into her glamorous guise after being unplaced in the opening race. After a quick change in the jockeys room, Melody blitzed a big field of fillies to take the Fashions on the Field contest.

She then slipped back into silks to ride a neddy named My Idea in the last race.

It was Melody's second Fashions in the Field victory for the year after taking the prize at Kilcoy on Australia Day.

Pretty good form for the winter Racing Carnival

LEAGUE'S HOT GOSSIP

BEST goss going around NRL circles at the moment is the assistant coach of one club who is involved in a steamy affair with the ex-wife of a TV broadcaster.

We're not telling you names. We gave up getting sued for Lent.

COME OFF THE GRASS

EVER heard of a footballer who is allergic to grass? If the Brisbane Roar get their way, you soon will.

If, as has been suggested, the Roar sign German striker Mike Hanke as the replacement for the departing Besart Berisha, you won't see him take too many dives into the Suncorp Stadium turf looking for a penalty.

According to Hanke's Wikipedia profile, the 30-year-old "gets blisters and sore skin from contact with grass".

STORM PLAY HARDBALL

CODY Walker's proposed move to Souths has collapsed.

The Rabbitohs made a two-year offer for the rising Queensland star, but the Storm played hardball (surprise, surprise). They won't let him go unless Souths agreed to pay compensation, which they won't.

Walker was hoping to reunite with his wife and child, who are living in Redfern, but he'll remain in Melbourne unless coach Craig Bellamy has a change of heart.

George Rose has also asked for a release at least twice but Storm said no.

Maria Tutaia after New Zealand won the final match between NZ and Australia last November. Source: Supplied

KEEP YOUR PAWS OFF OUR GIRL GEITZ

THIS is the woman that wants to punch our angelic Firebirds captain Laura Geitz in the face.

Silver Ferns star Maria Tutaia was asked whether she would be interested in a charity boxing match, stepping into the ring against our Geitzy.

Tutaia was apparently pretty keen to get in and start swinging. We don't doubt it. Look at the way she has turned this celebratory moment into one of pure intimidation with a loaded fist.

Still, Geitzy took the high road, explaining that boxing wasn't really her thing.

She then signed off with a verbal jab, saying she would have found it tough to "fight someone so pretty".

There's your warning, Maria. Don't want to wake up with a face that is sorer? Better not pick a fight with our Laura.

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