Catalans coach Steve McNamara has defended Israel Folau after the controversial former Wallaby was the only player not to take a knee before a Super League clash in England.
Former Wallaby and NRL star Israel Folau was the only player not to kneel before a Super League match.‘‘As a club we are completely against racism and all for equal opportunity,’’ McNamara said after the match. Orlando's Jonathan Isaac, who is also an ordained minister, was the first NBA player not to kneel for the national anthem when that competition returned to action last week.
Folau's decision to remain on his feet drew attention on social media and was far from the first time the cross-code star has found himself in the firing line.Super Rugby's all-time leading tryscorer, Folau's religious views first caused major controversy in April 2018, when he was asked by a follower on Instagram what God's plan was for homosexuals.
Good on him! Stand up against the bullies!
Fuck get over it
Anything for attention.
Israel Folau and Margaret Court are amazing Australians.They stand up for the Christian values rather that made Australia the great country it is today. Such a pity our education system has destroyed the Australian values and allow kids in the media to disrepect great Australians
Man is a bigot BUT this kneelingbusiness is outta control. It’s religious in nature & a choice not a mandate
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Please stop giving him airtime
deb2829 Great to see white folks laying into a man of colour for being uppity enough to not follow a silly fashion. Irony overload. auspol
The left just hate hate hate...
Oh yes, of course condemn a black person who exercises his own free will and doesn't follow the crowd, blk lives matter organisation is a Marxist movement, encouraging racism and hate towards all cops, manipulating facts to deceive people
Further confirmation that he is a ↪️unt
Well done!
Total and absolute grub
Religion has no race
Who is he?
I’m sure he’d happily take the knee for a priest with needs.
udderrunner He is hunting headlines, ignore him. AttentionSeeker
Of course he did.
I’d love to know why. It’s a very Christian thing to do.
feralislandBud Never was a team player.... why am I not surprised?
Good on him. Legend!
I Guess he’s not into communism, Marxism or someone else’s brainwashing, happy with his own.
I can give him a knee
Interesting isn't it? 2 years ago you have to defend yourself if you took a knee, nowadays you've got to defend yourself when you don't take a knee. The cancel culture is steam rolling on.
Hopefully once he becomes a Dad, he will realise that his actions don’t only affect him.
Honestly, could we not headline this bloke?
Because he bends right over instead...
Good on him.
Says it all - he’s all about ego - nothing Christian about this one.
Who cares, i don’t.
Folau- the closeted homosexual.
He's annoyed the left. Well done, Izzy.
He’s an all-round sensible chap.
There is the measure, or lack of, the man.
Stop giving him oxygen, we have already had enough of reading about him. His personal choice not to kneel, end of story.
Hope someone 'knees' him!
And hes entitled to do as he pleases it is after all a free country, I wouldn't either...
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Yeh good on him. He choose not to follow the sheep
You can support a cause without protesting in the street and israel can do the same without kneeling.
Damned if you damned if you don’t well done Israel
Evangelical Christians share this. Says they only kneel for their god.
SMHsport Who cares.
Douchebag
Strong but wrong in so many ways but this wasn’t one of his mistakes
This is not 'news'? Only virtue signalling SJW/Karen care beyourself equality notMarxist
bencubby You get what you pay for.
Stand up to the Blm terrorists . Well done 👍🏻
Why can't he just sit at the back of the bus like he's expected to?
good man
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What. A. Top. Bloke.
I simply abhor israelFolau. That is all.
He is a hero to many. Always stands up for what he believes in. That is courage, strength and bravery. Love him more. ♥
So what? It's an individual and personal choice! Kind of ironic that people want him to kneel to a cause to appease them isn't it?
If he doesn’t believe what it stands for why should he do it?
Israel has already bowed his knee: to Jesus Christ who is Lord of all. If you're wise you'll do the same.
Nice He thinks he's not a coloured man now He'd make a good team with Mr 🥔 face
Legend.
So who cares
Why on earth would you take a knee for a marxist movement that wants to defund police. Folau stood tall for whats right and was surrounded by sheep.
A leader
Who cares... since when was it not ok to stand.....?
Can we stop taking about this guy
This is news❓❓❓
HE WAS the only men athlete with balls not to bend over for some stupid American trend WE are with you FALAU support you all the way
Great job Folau. Great show of courage from a true superstar. IzzyFolau
He's a team player he is old Izzy!
Typical of his disrespect generally
Whole bunch of white folks angry that a black man not showing enough respect. . Tres ironique, n’est pas?
Its attention seeking, and it worked.
Looks like he's getting the attention he wanted by doing this.
Interesting. Especially given taking a knee has a strong religious history of being a way to show reverence and respect.
Thank you Israel Folau. The BLM movement is anti-Jesus Christ. Thanks for not supporting it.
Is it mandatory? Does it mean he thinks black lives don't matter? smh auspol blm
Good for him!! The only one with a brain
It's harder to make a stand, for what you believe, against the mob than submit because everyone else does.
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Just hoping to scrounge up another 6 million on the other side of the world.
Actually taking a real stand takes courage.
He should be deported.
always the team player...
Not this idiot again!
Strength.
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