Banned Wallaby winger Sailor tests positive for recreational drug

AFP, May, 2006

SYDNEY (AFP) — Controversial Wallabies winger Wendell Sailor has tested positive for recreational drugs.

Sailor, 31, was barred from playing in the NSW Waratahs' 19-14 Super 14 rugby loss to the Wellington Hurricanes on Saturday for what New South Wales Rugby Union (NSWRU) officials said was a serious breach of the Australian Rugby Union (ARU) Code of Conduct.

In a statement released to The Sunday Telegraph, Sailor's manager Greg Keenan said the former rugby league international had learnt of the positive drug sample last week.

"Wendell Sailor has been notified by the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority (ASADA) that part A of a sample he provided recently has returned positive to a banned substance," Keenan told the newspaper.

"The ARU has also been notified by the agency, and the ARU and NSWRU have consequently stood Wendell down from playing duties.

"We have approached the Rugby Union Players' Association ...