Wallaby Sailor goes home in disgrace

WALLABY winger Wendell Sailor returned home to Sydney in disgrace from the NSW Waratahs’ rugby tour of South Africa yesterday, saying the nightclub incident that led to his early departure was a low point in his career.

Sailor has incurred a one-match ban and a fine from team authorities after he reportedly pushed a man to the ground outside a Cape Town nightclub early Saturday and vomited on the footpath while intoxicated.

He faces an Australian Rugby Union code of conduct hearing this week over another indiscretion last year with the Wallabies in Cape Town.

“I would say it’s probably the lowest point of my career,” he said. “Knowing I had to face the media and face the public, it’s not the sort of time you want to come home.”