Rugby Australia sacks Israel Folau for anti-gay social media post
19 May 2019 |
12:42 pm
Australian rugby's governing body has terminated the contract of fullback Israel Folau for breaching the players' code of conduct. In a social media post, Folau said that hell awaited "drunks, homosexuals, adulterers."
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