NRL player burnout: pre-season is too long and the competition's longer

By Brad Walter
Updated October 20 2014 - 7:08pm, first published 2:43pm
Wendell Sailor is tackled by England's Alan Hunte during the first Test at Wembley in 1994.
Wendell Sailor is tackled by England's Alan Hunte during the first Test at Wembley in 1994.

When Wendell Sailor and the other members of the 1994 Australian squad get together in Brisbane this week to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the last Kangaroo tour, there won't be any complaints about having had to play up to 18 games in Britain and France at the end of the season.

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