The Sydney Daily Telegraph said the deeply religious Folau held talks with Rugby Australia boss Raelene Castle, a day after she said she intends to sack him for posting on Instagram that 'Hell awaits' homosexuals.
SYDNEY - Wallabies star Israel Folau will fight to save his career after meeting with Australia's rugby chief Friday, a report said, following a homophobia row that left him facing the sack just months before the World Cup.
Folau initially failed to respond to Rugby Australia, but the Telegraph said he had now met with officials from the governing body. But Australian Rugby League Commission chairman Peter Beattie said he had failed the sport's character test and would not get a contract. Drew Mitchell, a Wallabies team-mate of Folau's at the 2015 World Cup, said he would have been fully aware of the potential fallout after the row over his similar comments last year.
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