‘Folau’ explores how the former Wallaby made himself into a political and religious football by sharing his anti-LGBTQI+ views
With four months until the World Cup, the forces of Australian rugby are uniting. An exciting crop of players were taken into camp last month, fresh coaching staff were unveiled this week, there’s a raft of new sponsors in the wings and the code’s leaders are spruiking and recruiting with cash in the bank. Winning teams are built on such foundations.
Four years ago, it was a very different story. Rugby was a hot mess of explosive headlines and warring factions, within the team and the administration. The code had become a public battlefield of ideologies waged on religious, sexual, financial, legal and social fronts.
