Sailor reveals dad's 'emotional' phone call

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Tristan Sailor has spoken of his "gratitude" aft making his Broncos debut pursuing a tribunal lawsuit that threatened to extremity his NRL career.

The lad of Broncos fable Wendell Sailor was a standout arsenic the Broncos thrashed the Wynnum Manly Seagulls successful a proceedings lucifer astatine Brisbane's Kougari Oval connected Saturday, mounting up 3 tries and scoring a four-pointer of his ain successful a sparkling crippled astatine fullback.

Sailor is gunning for a spot connected the Broncos' top-30 roster aft signing a train-and-trial woody successful October past year.

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During his clip astatine the Dragons, helium feared his NRL vocation was implicit erstwhile helium was suspended nether the game's no-fault stand-down argumentation successful October 2020, but successful March past twelvemonth he was recovered not blameworthy of having intersexual intercourse with a pistillate without consent.

Sailor reflected connected his hard travel moments aft Saturday's proceedings crippled with the Broncos.

"I conjecture it gives you that gratitude for shot and benignant of however galore opportunities it provides and the mateship that comes on with it," the 24-year-old told 9News.

"So, to beryllium backmost successful that environment is conscionable awesome, and I deliberation you truly get to emotion shot alternatively than seeing it arsenic a job."

Sailor's mum and grandparents were astatine Kougari Oval to ticker him marque his Broncos debut, but his dada Wendell couldn't beryllium there.

"Dad called me," Sailor said.

"He was connected his mode to the state retired west, but helium was rather emotional."

Wendell was a prima winger successful the powerhouse Broncos sides of the 1990s and aboriginal 2000s, crossing for 110 tries and tasting premiership glory successful 1997, 1998 and 2000.

Darren Lockyer, Allan Langer, Kevin Walters, Shane Webcke, Gorden Tallis and Lote Tuqiri were among the champions Wendell played with.

"I conjecture (it's a) truly bully feeling being successful that Broncos facility," said Wendell's lad connected Saturday.

"They've got each the aged players connected the partition and stuff, truthful I deliberation it truly resonated with me."

Broncos manager Walters had promising words for Tristan successful the aftermath of his Brisbane debut.

"He was bully ... for us, Tristan. His archetypal hit-out successful a Broncos jersey. It was large to spot him get an opportunity," Walters said.

"We'd emotion to beryllium down with him and person a chat and spot wherever he's at."

It's hard to spot Tristan getting a tally successful the Broncos' NRL broadside successful 2023.

Reece Walsh volition play astatine fullback, and Adam Reynolds and Ezra Mam volition nexus up successful the halves.

Selwyn Cobbo, Jesse Arthars, Jock Madden and Billy Walters are vying for the aforesaid positions.

But Tristan has a elemental mindset.

"I'm conscionable trying to amended myself, and hopefully that does the job."

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