Folau hopes to make a rugby league comeback and play with his brothers for the Clive Palmer-backed Southport Tigers.
Nobody knows Israel Folau better than Tony Williams. Now the man dubbed ‘T-Rex’ hopes they can make their Southport Tigers debut together.
Clive Palmer’s legal bill will be higher than the cost of paying out Israel Folau’s $245,000 Catalans contract,which is at the centre of his registration dramas.
The Israel Folau legal fight will cost the Queensland Rugby League at least $50,000 to defend,money that could have been invested into grassroots football.
Controversial cross-code star has begun legal action in a bid to return to rugby league with the Clive Palmer-affiliated Southport Tigers.
A former university professor says some of his colleagues’ work was “rubbish”. He argues he had every right to say that.
The Australian Rugby League Commission wanted to stay out of the Israel Folau saga but an obscure clause has changed all of that.
The Queensland Rugby League was prepared to register Israel Folau with two caveats,but that won’t be enough to placate the controversial star’s legal team.
The QRL announced on Wednesday it would approve Folau’s bid to return to grassroots rugby league on the proviso he obtains a release from Catalans Dragons.
It’s one of the biggest decisions to be made in Australian sport,but the NRL says its not in a position to make a call on the playing future of Israel Folau.
One of Australia’s most controversial athletes has threatened a court injunction by Wednesday unless he is cleared to play on the Gold Coast. He is likely to be kept waiting.