Posts Tagged "israel falou"
Should Izzy go home to the NRL?
By Andrew Sutherland, 1 Jul 2012Is it time for Israel Folau to go home? Should he leave behind the skinny red ball he has never looked comfortable holding, pick up the chunky white one he grew up with, and return to rugby league?
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Hunt and Folau won’t make it as AFL stars
By Spiro Zavos, 8 Jun 2010If the millions of dollars the AFL codes are paying Karmichael Hunt and Israel Falou are for more than for PR work, then these two players should be expected to be frontline five-year players in their new code. A fearless prediction: this is not going to happen.
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Is league not stimulating enough to keep stars?
By manley, 4 Jun 2010Adapting to a new sport is difficult even for the best of athletes. Just ask Michael Jordan about his time in baseball. So what of Israel Falou’s move to the AFL?
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Fevola flags Inglis as AFL’s next potential target
By Laine Clark, 2 Jun 2010Throwing money at code hoppers Karmichael Hunt and Israel Folau is a “slap in the face” for long-serving AFL players, Brisbane Lions star Brendan Fevola says.
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Is it a sporting experiment or a marketer’s ploy?
By Steve Larkin, 2 Jun 2010Delve deeper than the million dollar marketing ruse. Dig down below the AFL’s arrogant marking of territory, at rugby league’s expense. What does it really mean for the two codes? And can this fascinating sporting experiment really work?
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Maroons sack Folau, Tate gets recall
By ScottWoodward.me, 2 Jun 2010AFL’s new $6 million dollar man, Israel Folau, will be sacked when Queensland announce their new team to play NSW in State of Origin 2.
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Rugby needs an education campaign
By rugbyfuture, 2 Jun 2010It is clear, post-Folau scandal, that in an era where rugby is moving into Melbourne, the Victorian, and South Australian public still have no idea about the differences between League and Rugby.
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Folau signing about winning Islander support
By rugbyfuture, 2 Jun 2010As a rugby supporter, I am (somewhat) impartial to the decision of the GWS side to sign the league star, Israel Folau (though it is funny for leaguies to be talking about not being mercenaries).
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Will this transfer of players become more commonplace?
By sixo_clock, 2 Jun 2010Israel Folau defects to AFL and there’s no tears, no screaming rejection of poaching and turncoats, traitors and ‘they was failures’, and cashed up codes climbing on League’s shoulders. What is going on?
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