Share this contentTOKYO: Dual-code international Israel Folau, who was sacked by Rugby Australia in 2019 for saying"hell awaits" gay people, will play club rugby in Japan next season, it was announced on Monday .
Folau has signed up to play for NTT Communications Shining Arcs in the premier domestic competition when it starts its new season in January 2022, the Japan Rugby Football Union announced.At his new club, based in Chiba near Tokyo, he will be coached by Rob Penney, who was sacked by New South Wales Waratahs in March after a nightmare five-loss start to the Super Rugby AU season.
Folau was a star NRL player early in his career, then switched to rugby union after an unsuccessful stint playing Australian rules football.He scored 37 tries in 73 rugby union Tests for the Wallabies before being dumped, then returned to league in February last year with the Dragons. Rugby Australia's sacking of Folau in 2019 sparked a long-running legal dispute that was eventually settled when they made a multimillion-dollar out-of-court payment.
In his latest battle, Folau this month applied for a Supreme Court injunction against Queensland Rugby League in a bid to resume his career in Australia, claiming that its refusal to register him amounted to a restraint of trade.
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