LEEDS: Israel Folau's decision not to kneel down with his team mates before Sunday's Super League match between his Catalan Dragons and St Helens was a"personal choice", his coach Steve McNamara said.
"As a group of players and coaching staff, we spoke about it in depth and as a club we are completely against racism and all for equal opportunity," McNamara told reporters."That was based on personal choice, they have their own reasons for doing that, and we decided we would respect anyone's personal choice on the matter.
Folau, a devout Christian, joined the Dragons after being sacked by Rugby Australia last year for a social media post they considered homophobic and thus in breach of their inclusion policies.
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