Former New Zealand Warriors and Parramatta Eels head coach Daniel Anderson is recovering in hospital after a surfing incident over in Christmas.

Anderson – who took the Warriors to the grand final in 2002 and Eels in 2009 – was celebrating with family was taken by paramedics after an accident while body surfing. According to the Sydney Morning Herald – the Sydney Roosters recruitment manager was hit on the neck by a big wave and reportedly had a cardiac arrest.

The great footy mind was rushed to Royal North Shore Hospital and is in a stable condition.