Wallabies fullback Folau rejects huge settlement offer
Australian player’s legal team says he was merely quoting scripture in post that said hell awaits homosexuals
Sydney — Wallabies fullback Israel Folau rejected an A$702,100 offer from Rugby Australia to walk away from his contract ahead of this weekend’s code of conduct hearing, local media reported on Sunday. Folau, a fundamentalist Christian, on Saturday faced a three-member panel who will decide whether he breached RA’s code of conduct with a social media post that said “hell awaited drunks, homosexuals, adulterers” and others. More evidence was heard from Rugby Australia CEO Raelene Castle and her New South Wales Waratahs counterpart Andrew Hore on Sunday and the hearing will continue on Tuesday, the governing body said in statement. The Sunday Telegraph earlier reported that Folau could have avoided it altogether if he had agreed to accept a sum equivalent to one year of his lucrative contract. Rugby Australia and the Waratahs have already publicly committed to terminating Folau’s contract and in April served the 73-Test back with a breach notice that said his social media post had ...
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