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Israel Folau, seen with Catalan Dragons in 2020, will play in Japan in 2022. | REUTERS
AFP-JIJI Jul 5, 2021
Israel Folau, who was fired by Rugby Australia in 2019 for saying “hell awaits” gay people, will play in Japan next season, it was announced Monday.
Folau has signed to play for the Chiba-based NTT Communications Shining Arcs in Japan’s premier domestic competition when it starts its new season in January 2022, the Japan Rugby Football Union announced.
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The former Brisbane Broncos, Queensland and Australia rugby league star moved to English Super League club Catalans Dragons in 2020 in a deal reported to be worth $265,000 a year. He left France late last year to return to Australia to help his wife, former New Zealand Silver Ferns netball international Maria Folau look after her ailing mother. Folau was cleared by the Dragons last week and was set to turn out for Gold Coast rugby league club Southport Tigers, where his two brothers play.
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Otere Black in action for the Māori All Blacks against Samoa. Black, 25, played his last game for the Blues in the Super Rugby Trans Tasman grand final win over the Highlanders.
STOCKTAKE: What state will overseas Boks arrive home in?
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19 May 2021, 19:10 GMT+10 Foreign-based Springboks returning for Test service next month are likely to still be heavily drawn from the RWC 2019 squad.
Some will have several weeks advantage over others in terms of rejuvenating time off ahead of the Georgia series.
The rehab status of Boks currently inactive through injury like Lood de Jager and RG Snyman will be of special interest to Jacques Nienaber.
Prime example of tough gig : the Springbok brains trust trying to keep suitable tabs on their far-and-wide, collective playing assets.
Of all the frontline powers, South Africa s high-calibre playing stocks are probably the most prolifically scattered around the globe, making routine monitoring of their fortunes and workloads outside of Tests a trickier exercise than for any other country.