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The second of Wendell Sailor's urine samples has tested positive to the banned stimulant cocaine.
After a week of conjecture that there had been a problem with the testing process, sources have confirmed to the Herald that Sailor's B sample (the second half of the original urine sample provided on Easter Sunday) has mirrored the original cocaine result.
The former Wallabies winger was originally tested after playing for the NSW Waratahs against the Brumbies on April 16 and was informed of the positive A sample on May 12, the night before a crucial game against the Hurricanes. He subsequently missed the match.
The dual international will now have to accept the laboratory findings and face an automatic two-year career-ending suspension, or he can choose to fight the positive doping charge before a drugs tribunal.
The findings have dashed hope of Sailor, a former rugby league Test player, claiming there was a mistake in testing procedures.
It is understood Sailor has not yet informed the Australian Rugby Union or the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority which course of action he will take.
Sailor has kept a low profile lately. His only public appearance was at the recent Anthony Mundine and Danny Green fight.
At best, Sailor, 32 next month, can hope for a reduced sanction of a year if he can successfully plead circumstances that were beyond his control or if he co-operates and names his drug suppliers or other players that may also be involved.
Sailor has yet to speak about the positive test, other than to say how shattered he was at the original finding. It has been an unusual silence. Sailor had been hoping that somehow the B result would be different - even though sports drug tests at the internationally accredited Australian Sports Drug Laboratory in Pymble have always produced A and B sample results that correlated.
Sailor's lawyer, Tony O'Reilly, did not return calls yesterday.
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Happy
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I would hope that regardless of whether or not dobs in his supplier or other like minded players, that he still gets the full ban. It has been proven he took the coke, hes now gotta do the time.
agreed - sorry, Del you might bring some jokes and banter to the punters but that's about all. Go play gridiron mate!!
"circumstances that were beyond his control".....are you kidding me?!?!
Who would be in a position to force Del into doing something against his will?
Despite varying opinions about his playing record he never failed to show balls on the paddock.
If he wants to retain any sense of dignity, he needs to show some balls now too and admit he got caught and move on to somehow becoming a positive role model again as he used to be on the field.
"Bloody oath we did!"
Nathan Sharpe, Legend.
Spending the next two years helping people get off the gear might just do it.
I had a few reliable sources tell me the delay was due to an error, obviously that was not the case. The reseach centre where they do the testing has never failed to produce exactly the same result from the B-Sample. It's a shame for Dell, I would have liked to have seen him keep playing but how many mistakes can one guy make before it completely ruins his life. 3 in 10 months it would seem.
burgs - you never know, if he was doped unknowingly .. I'd never say never.
sage - like knuckles said - he was a fringe pick, he wouldn't have made the international squad but he would have played for the tahs for the next couple of years I'm sure...
Sorry, that's what I meant. He had his value with the tahs as a hard running winger.Originally Posted by Happy
As oppossed to a hard snortin' whinger............
"Bloody oath we did!"
Nathan Sharpe, Legend.
I always said Wendel was only ever good following a white line!!
oh yes - I went there!!
Originally Posted by Burgs
Is that like a genetically engineered Wendell McKenzie?
Does that mean he has white line feverOriginally Posted by Happy
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WEEENNNDDDEEEELLLLLLL'S A DIP SHIT!!!
maybe he can go play AFL....you get 3 chances on the Coke there......
possibly switch to Pepsi....
nah...you gotta have the "real thing" Happy