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Folau fatigue allowed Australian rugby’s second-most divisive talking point to resume centre-stage on Saturday night, with Waratah’s fly-half Bernard Foley showing that he’s not about to hand over the Wallabies No 10 jersey to Quade Cooper any time soon, helping his side to a 23-20 win against their conference rivals.
Folau fatigue allowed Australian rugby’s second-most divisive talking point to resume centre-stage on Saturday night, with Waratah’s fly-half Bernard Foley showing that he’s not about to hand over the Wallabies No 10 jersey to Quade Cooper any time soon, helping his side to a 23-20 win against their conference rivals.
At some stage in the next week or so Israel Folau will discover his fate. But if it’s this week, it’ll be late in the piece, primarily due to Easter.
That was the quote from veteran centre Adam Ashley-Cooper after the Waratahs had come from behind to beat the Rebels 23-20 at the SCG last night.
For the last seven decades of watching and covering rugby, there have been five outstanding schoolboys who have shone like beacons – Ken Catchpole, Brian Allsop, Jim Lenehan, Mark Ella, and Kurtley Beale.
The Israel Folau ‘Hell Awaits’ saga has revealed a lot about many people, including the likelihood that Michael Cheika has already forgotten who now selects the Wallabies team and some inconsistency over who he thinks deserves another chance.
The second episode of The Roar’s brand new podcast, Game of Codes, is here for you to feast your ears on.
As Israel Folau challenges a breach notice from Rugby Australia over a controversial social media post, a selection dilemma looms for the Wallabies as they decide who is the most suitable replacement.
Israel Folau’s decision to fight Rugby Australia tearing up his contract after another homophobic rant on social media has set up a code of conduct hearing sometime in the next fortnight after the Easter and Anzac Day break.
As expected, Waratahs and Wallabies utility back Israel Folau will challenge his breach notice from Rugby AU.
Well, there may be no better illustration of how crazy Super Rugby is going this year than considering this crazy little circle of craziness that was completed last weekend.
Well, there may be no better illustration of how crazy Super Rugby is going this year than considering this crazy little circle of craziness that was completed last weekend.
Well, there may be no better illustration of how crazy Super Rugby is going this year than considering this crazy little circle of craziness that was completed last weekend.
As his one-time Storm teammate Greg Inglis ends his career in a shower of tributes, Israel Folau seems to be ending his in a shower of a much more prosaic substance. And it’s a shame. A damn shame.
The week the Super Rugby season started, I wondered if we might be looking at the tightest Australian conference race in some time, and it seems that’s still on the money.
In what was a quiet news week, Stormers No.8 Jaco Coetzee injured his leg against the Rebels, Bryce Hegarty kicked three from three for the Reds, and Waihi Athletic scored a good away win, 39-19 against Coromandel, in Thames Valley club rugby.
I have to admit, right at this very moment, the biggest surprise in this whole Israel Folau situation has been the speed with which decisions are being made, and the whole process is progressing.
Scott Morrison called a Federal Election. Wikileaks founder Julian Assange was arrested in London. The verdict in the Geoffrey Rush defamation case was handed down. Yesterday was the opposite of a slow news day.
My favourites are the people that scoff in ridicule when asked if they believe in hell, and then proceed to become enraged over Israel Folau’s ‘Hell Awaits You’ social media posts.
Israel Folau is perfectly entitled to commit rugby – and rugby league – suicide by his homophobic outbursts on Instagram, but he’d not entitled to put a loose around the necks of his totally innocent, and yet to be born, children.
Israel Folau’s latest social media post condemning gay people to hell and damnation has no place in rugby union. His views have no place in society at all. How that still escapes him is beyond me.
Now Israel Folau has been told Rugby Australia intend to sack him, what are his options for the future?
Now Israel Folau has been told Rugby Australia intend to sack him, what are his options for the future?
Now Israel Folau has been told Rugby Australia intend to sack him, what are his options for the future?
Folau fatigue allowed Australian rugby’s second-most divisive talking point to resume centre-stage on Saturday night, with Waratah’s fly-half Bernard Foley showing that he’s not about to hand over the Wallabies No 10 jersey to Quade Cooper any time soon, helping his side to a 23-20 win against their conference rivals.
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