Sandor Earl

Sandor Earl
Sandor Earl playing for the Penrith Panthers in 2011
Personal information
Born (1989-09-21) 21 September 1989
Wellington, New Zealand
Height 190 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight 99 kg (15 st 8 lb)
Playing information
Position Wing
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2009 Sydney Roosters 3 0 0 0 0
2010–12 Penrith Panthers 16 6 0 0 24
2012–13 Canberra Raiders 29 17 0 0 68
Total 48 23 0 0 92
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2010 New Zealand Māori 1 0 0 0 0
As of 9 March 2011
Source: The Daily Telegraph

Sandor Earl (/ˈɜːrl/; born 21 September 1989) was an Australia professional rugby league player who last played for the Canberra Raiders in the NRL before being banned for 4 years for a doping violation. He primarily played on the wing.[1] He is of Maori and English descent.

Early years

Raised in Sydney's eastern suburbs,[2] Earl played for the Paddington-Woollahra Tigers in the Sydney Roosters' junior district. Sandor went to high school at the famous Rugby League nursery St Gregory's College, Campbelltown, New South Wales from year 7-11 before injuring his knee and undergoing a knee reconstruction. After recovering from the operation, Earl changed to Matraville Sports High School in 2007 where he was a member of the Arrive Alive Cup winning team, scoring a try in the final against Patrician Brothers Blacktown.

Playing career

Sydney Roosters

Earl subsequently entered the NRL for the Sydney Roosters, making his debut in Round 16 of 2009 against the Cronulla Sharks.[1] However, the Roosters let him go at the end of the season, after he and fellow rugby player Jake Friend were charged with assault (for which he was found not guilty) on 20 July, for "sustained concussion, bruising to face, pain to neck and back", the victom being 31-year-old Queensland woman believed to be Kristy Bradley, the niece of ABC rugby league radio commentator David Morrow.[3]

Penrith Panthers

The following season, he signed for the Penrith Panthers and was named the club's top rookie player.[4] His 2010 season was capped by scoring a spectacular try in a preliminary final against the Canberra Raiders, cartwheeling towards the try line and planting the ball over it while his body was suspended over the sideline.[5] However, the Panthers lost the match and were knocked out of the finals the following week, losing to Earl's old club, the Sydney Roosters.[6]

Earl played for the Panthers' feeder club the Windsor Wolves in the New South Wales Cup Grand Final which they lost to the Bulldogs.

In 2011, Earl played few games before being ruled out for the season with a shoulder injury. There was then talk that he had signed a contract with the Melbourne Storm. This was later proved false and that he had resigned with the Panthers for two years.

Canberra Raiders

As of June, 2012 Earl has been released by the Panthers to join the Canberra Raiders.[7][8] In October, 2012 Earl signed to stay with the Raiders until the end of 2013.[9] On 29 August 2013, Earl was removed from the NRL competition and the Canberra Raiders after he was issued with an infraction notice for the use and trafficking of drugs to which he has admitted to and will assist the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority with their investigation. [10]

Representative career

In 2010 he was named in the New Zealand Māori team that played against England.[11]

Outside rugby league

Career Start & Charity: 2008-2011

Back in 2008, Earl was featured in the "Gods of Football" calendar as a fund raising activity for the breast cancer charity alongside other sportsman of Australia.[12]

Return to Modeling: 2013 – present

On February 2013, He modeled alongside then-Raiders player, Josh Dugan in a tattoed themed photo shoot.[13]

Personal life

Earl is currently living in Phuket, Thailand with girlfriend Stephanie Easting and is currently working as a fitness trainer at Unit-27 Strength and Conditioning in Chalong, Mueang Phuket.[14][15]

Doping investigation

On 29 August 2013, Earl was stood down from the NRL competition after he was issued with an infraction notice for the use and trafficking of the performance-enhancing drug CJC-1295, a synthetic growth hormone analogue. He admitted the charges and assisted ASADA with their investigation. [10] On 2 June 2014, Sandor's charges of the use of peptides was dropped by ASADA.[16][17] 18 days after ASADA dropped the charges he won an injunction against the anti-doping investigation, delaying the NRL doping hearing.[18][19] Sandor and his lawyer, Tim Unsworth both fought against the NRL and ASADA.[20] Earl's hearing at the NRL's anti-doping tribunal was postponed in July 2014.[21]

In October 2015, the NRL announced that the Australian Anti-Doping Tribunal had handed Earl a 4-year ban for the following anti-doping rule violations; use of CJC-1295 (eight violations), possession of CJC-1295, trafficking in somatropin, trafficking in clenbuterol, attempted trafficking in SARMS and attempted trafficking in testosterone. The ban was set to run from the date when Earl was provisionally suspended, 29 August 2013, and to end 29 August 2017.[22][23][24]

References

  1. 1 2 "Player Profile - Sandor Earl". The Herald Sun. News Limited. Retrieved 15 March 2011.
  2. ↑ Read, Brent (14 September 2010). "Sacked Rooster Sandor Earl to prove a point". The Australian (News Limited). Retrieved 21 September 2010.
  3. ↑ Roosters players Jake Friend and Sandor Earl charged with assault
  4. ↑ Lewis, Daniel (13 September 2010). "Sandor becomes the Earl of Penrith and wins rookie award to boot". Sydney Morning Herald (Fairfax Media). Retrieved 21 September 2010.
  5. ↑ Brady, Justin (15 September 2010). "Payback for Sandor Earl". Penrith City Star. Retrieved 21 September 2010.
  6. ↑ Chris, Georgakopolous (20 September 2010). "NRL: Panthers out of the finals after playoff loss to the Sydney Roosters". Penrith Press (News Limited). Retrieved 21 September 2010.
  7. ↑ "Sandor Earl released by Penrith Panthers to join injury-ravaged Canberra Raiders". Retrieved 27 June 2012.
  8. ↑ Da Silva Villarrubia, Santiago Katriel (11 September 2012). "Sandor Earl of Canberra now reigning supreme with Raiders". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 15 September 2012.
  9. ↑ Da Silva Villarrubia, Santiago Katriel (9 October 2012). "Sandor Earl re-signs with the Raiders". Retrieved 12 October 2012.
  10. 1 2 http://www.foxsports.com.au/league/live-nrl-snap-press-conference-with-ceo-dave-smith/story-e6frf3ou-1226706766537#.Uh7j0xtkN8E
  11. ↑ "Star-studded lineups for NZ Maori, Samoa". nrl.com (National Rugby League). 8 October 2010. Retrieved 8 October 2010.
  12. ↑ Da Silva Villarrubia, Santiago Katriel. "Princess Sandor Earl, a god of football".
  13. ↑ "Josh Dugan and Sandor Earl tattoos". 11 February 2013. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
  14. ↑ Da Silva Villarrubia, Santiago Katriél (18 May 2014). "Sandor Earl: I’ll challenge the way NRL set me up". Josh Massoud (The Daily Telegraph). Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  15. ↑ Da Silva Villarrubia, Santiago Katriél (28 February 2014). "Sandor Earl: A World Away From the Cameras and Controversy". The MMA Corner. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  16. ↑ http://www.canberratimes.com.au/rugby-league/league-news/how-to-get-on-board-20120907-25kdr.html
  17. ↑ http://www.loverugbyleague.com/news_9665-poms-in-oz:--earl-of-canberra-considering-england-selection.html
  18. ↑ Da Silva Villarrubia, Santiago Katriél (2014-06-20). "Sandor Earl wins injunction against ASADA". Retrieved 18 July 2014.
  19. ↑ Da Silva Villarrubia, Santiago Katriél (2014-06-20). "Sandor Earl's NRL doping hearing delayed after being granted injunction against ASADA". Retrieved 18 July 2014.
  20. ↑ Da Silva Villarrubia, Santiago Katriél (2014-06-20). "Sandor Earl's lawyer slams NRL after ASADA drops trafficking charge". Retrieved 18 July 2014.
  21. ↑ Da Silva Villarrubia, Santiago Katriél (2014-06-20). "Earl's NRL drug hearing delayed". Retrieved 18 July 2014.
  22. ↑ Sandor Earl suspended for four years, sportal.com.au, 14 October 2015
  23. ↑ ASADA welcomes Earl four-year NRL ban, The Sydney Morning Herald, 14 October 2015
  24. ↑ Sandor Earl banned from NRL for four years for using performance enhancing drugs, foxsports.com.au, 14 October 2015

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