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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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