FOOTY is in the blood of Warrington Wolves’ new signing Chris Sandow and the indigenous Australian promises fans he will play every game in primrose and blue like it is his last.

The 26-year-old had sporting influences on both sides growing up, his mum, Rhonda, and dad, Stephen, both rugby league enthusiasts.

Sandow, who started playing in the small aboriginal community of Cherbourg, admits there was a lot of expectation on him to enjoy rugby league as a youngster.

That came from friends and family sharing the livewire half back’s desire to make it as a professional, and they will continue to follow the Sandow story from afar as he embarks on a career at The Halliwell Jones Stadium.

“I love playing rugby league, it’s in my blood,” said Sandow, who got his first-grade break at South Sydney after a short stint at Gold Coast Titans. “I’m going to go out there like it’s my last game and I’ll do that each week for them for the rest of the season.

“It was always in my family, I come from a good footy background on both sides with my mum and dad.

“I had a lot of expectation on me as a kid because my dad and his brothers were really good at footy and my mum’s brothers were really good.

“They love their footy back where I come from, I think a lot of support will be going to Warrington Wolves from now on.

“They’ll 100 per cent be following, that’s what we do, when one makes it in something we all make it.”

The former Parramatta Eels man, who has signed until the end of 2017, took the chance to watched his new teammates on Saturday at Headingley.

And, despite the loss, Sandow is confident he will be a natural fit for Wolves’ style, with Brisbane Broncos and NRL legend Gorden Tallis recently likening him to his ex-teammate and former Warrington skipper Allan Langer.

“Alfie played off the back, like he was in the backyard all the time, that’s what I’m all about,” said Sandow, who will wear number 33.

“I think Gorden would tell you they had to mould around how Alfie played, but they won a lot of comps.

“I watched the boys on Saturday and I liked the style they were playing, I think I’m going to fit in really well. Hopefully we can do something with this season ahead.

“If everyone plays as a team, every player doing their bit on the field, we’ll get results.”

Super League proves a fresh start away from the scrutiny of the NRL for Sandow, who had son Stephen when he was 18 but has initially moved to Stockton Heath alone.

“I came over by myself because I’m here to play footy. I’ve got to get that started first,” he explained.

“I’m here to do a job and rugby league is my job, my family know what type of person I am and I always put my footy first.

“I’ve been in the spotlight since I was 19 when I came into the grade, so it’s something fresh. I like to do the best I can and want to pay the faith back in the club and Tony (Smith).”

But sports-mad Sandow intends to do one thing away from the rugby field during his stay, visit Anfield.

“That’s the plan, I’m really excited,” he laughed. “I like watching soccer, or footy here, I’m a big Liverpool supporter. I love watching other sports, with soccer they’re freaks and really skilful.

“With golf they’ve got their professionalism and it’s good to see how hard they work on their game – I take that on board and try to work on my game as much as possible.

“We get the Super League replays every Tuesday so I sit down and watch it, I love my footy. I watch under 20s, NRL and I watch Super League – I’ve grown up playing it all my life.”

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The former NRL rookie of the year says Wolves’ head of coaching and rugby, Tony Smith, played a large part in bringing him over.

“Tony’s brought me here for a reason and hopefully I can repay that, to the fans and the club, for getting me here.

“He rang me up personally to see how I am off the field,” added Sandow, who toured the UK with Australian Schoolboys in 2006 and has also played representative rugby for Queensland, Indigenous Australia, Australian Prime Minister’s XIII and the Indigenous All Stars.

“That showed what type of person he is. You have to be a good person to be a great coach and he has that in him – I told my manager I wanted to go right away

“He’s been around the game for a number of years now and wants things to be right before we go out on the footy field.”

And there were several familiar faces when he turned up for his first training session at Padgate on Monday morning.

“It was a long flight, but I was really excited to get here and now I’m excited to get the jersey on and go out and do my best with the boys on Friday,” said Sandow, who went to high school in Brisbane with multi-code star Israel Folau and Samoan international Antonio Winterstein.

“I’ve played against Ashton (Sims), I used to play with Roy (Asotasi) and used to play against Joel (Monaghan) back in the day when he was playing in the NRL.

“I’ve got some close mates over here who play for other clubs, they didn’t believe me that I was coming over.

“I’m a people’s person, so I get along with the boys already. Hopefully we can take that out on the paddock.

“I’m here for a few years so I’ll take my time to get to know the area.

“I’ve come here and taken the opportunity that Warrington have thrown at me. I’ve got to show them faith by doing the right thing on the footy field and try to win games for them.”