Author(s): Wendell Sailor

Biography

Superstar Brisbane Broncos and Kangaroos winger Wendell Sailor shocked everyone when he switched codes to play union in 2001. The King of the Wing, the huge explosive player whose thunderous runs intimidated anyone in his path, surprised even himself when he went on from the Queensland Reds to be selected for the Wallabies, becoming the first Australian player raised in league to represent his country in both codes. But in 2006, all of this fell apart. During a routine drug test for his new team, the Waratahs, he tested positive for cocaine and was banned from the game for two years. And those two years away would prove to the toughest challenge of his life. The self-confessed party boy who constantly sought the public spotlight was now forced to do some soul-searching, and most of it wasn’t pretty. - See more at: http://books.simonandschuster.com.au/Wendell-Sailor-Crossing-the-Line/Sailor-Wendell-Thompson-Jimmy/9781922052360#sthash.XwMf4ue3.dpuf