If domestic violence offenders can return to league, why not Folau?

As Israel Folau sweats on his international rugby league return, Benji Marshall has questioned why the ARLC has indicated it would refuse to allow the controversial star to play in the NRL.

Dual international Folau's bid to play for Tonga in Tests against Great Britain and Australia next month is expected to be discussed by the Rugby League International Federation on Thursday.If given the green light, it would mark his first game since being sacked by Rugby Australia in May for breaching its code of conduct with social media posts which claimed homosexuals are going to hell.

ARLC chairman Peter Beattie has already shut the door on Folau returning to the NRL, saying back in June that the former Brisbane and Melbourne star would not be welcomed back due to his social media posts.But NRL veteran Marshall wondered why Folau was not given another chance, claiming players had done worse in the past and been accepted back by the game."I definitely don't agree with the things he's said, but to me, I think we need to decide what we forgive and what we forget.

Double standards?: The NRL threw Matt Lodge a lifeline, but not Folau – a seemingly inconsistent stance that Benji Marshall has questioned.But he still questioned the NRL's consistency over Folau's treatment after the likes of Matt Lodge were thrown lifelines.. However, St George Illawarra forward James Graham claimed the Folau and Lodge cases were very different.

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He won't be playing NRL

He can return. If he agrees to adhere to the code of conduct all other players are expected to abide by

I despair for us with the attention paid to these bozos.

As long as your a liberal you can get away with anything, butttttt being a conservative your banned and outcasted because you follow the rules of god and that’s just crazy right 🙄

Simple, NONE of them should be allowed to return. These footballers are not bloody heros, they are idiots, our idolising them is ridiculous. Yeah, it's all about making money for the clubs and their owners.

I don’t think the NRL can afford Falou back in - his comments and actions have caused the ARU irreparable damage and huge costs

Mate... literally no one wants DV perpatrators in the NRL, that is not a standard to work by

Because nobody wants him.

Says a lot for a sport that accepts any DV offenders, homophobes, bigots into its ranks. NRL need to change it's policies.

How about neither?!

No decent sport would have either.

Agree with Benji that DV is worse than what he did. But if I were running the NRL I still wouldn’t touch him with a barge pole. You just know it would never end However I also wouldn’t stop him from playing for Tonga

Does anybody read the SMH now? I don't know anyone who subscribes to it anymore. Because, you know - blatant, compromised bias as evidenced with LNP fundraiser recently. SMH is not even worth looking at. Anybody who works there is a just another propaganda hack.

spot on. totally agree with benji

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