Tristan Sailor
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1998 (26 years old)
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Brisbane, AustraliaPosition
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179 cm
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85 kg
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Tristan Sailor (born 23 June 1998) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a fullback and five-eighth for the Brisbane Broncos in the National Rugby League (NRL).
He previously played for the St. George Illawarra Dragons in the NRL.
Sailor was born in Brisbane into a family of His father, a Solomon island descendant Wendell, was a dual international who played more than 300 combined professional games across the two codes of rugby. At the age of seven, Sailor moved to Sydney with his family before settling in Wollongong two years later and began playing junior rugby league for the Western Suburbs Red Devils in the Illawarra Rugby League. Despite spending the majority of his upbringing in New South Wales, Sailor's State of Origin eligibility for Queensland was confirmed in 2014 when the NRL introduced a father-son rule. Sailor confirmed later in 2014 that he had always wanted to represent Queensland.
Sailor made his first grade debut in round 23 of the 2019 NRL season for St George against the Sydney Roosters scoring a try in a 34-12 loss at Kogarah Oval.
On 29 September 2019, Sailor was named in the 2019 Canterbury Cup NSW team of the season.
He was released by St. George Illawarra at the end of the 2020 NRL season.
After being released by the club, Sailor's father Wendell Sailor spoke to the media and voiced his anger at his son being released, saying he was told by the club that if he had a big off-season, he would be in the mix this year but he never got any game time.”
In April 2022, Souths Logan Magpies in the Queensland Cup competition announced they had signed Sailor for the rest of the season. On 16 December 2022, it was announced that Sailor had joined Brisbane on a train and trial contract ahead of the 2023 NRL season.
On May 27 2023, Sailor made his debut for the Brisbane Broncos against the New Zealand Warriors, playing at fullback. He had an impressive debut with the Brisbane Broncos winning 26 - 22 without their State of Origin representative players. Sailor made a try saving tackle in the first half and set up the decisive try from a clever grubber kick in the second half. He played his second game for the Brisbane Broncos against the Dolphins in round 18 which the Broncos won 24 - 16 at the Gabba. He set up the first try of the game with a lovely cut out pass for Sewlyn Cobbo who crossed over for a try in the corner.
On 10 October 2020, Sailor was arrested and charged with aggravated sexual assault against a woman in a house in Sydney. On 31 March 2022, Sailor was found not guilty on all charges.
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