Sacked Wallaby star Israel Folau will return to court on Wednesday as negotiations with Rugby Australia over his unfair dismissal claim remain deadlocked.
The former rugby league and AFL player last week said the Wallabies would have done better in the 2019 Rugby World Cup if he was playing.
Ms Castle said a tribunal found Folau had committed a high level breach of his contract and he had refused to curb his social media use.
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