The angry backlash to Israel Folau’s Super League lifeline has forced his new club Catalans to pull out of their first public move with him.
Catalans have reportedly been taken aback by the negative reaction to Folau’s latest move and imposed a media lockout on queries involving the 30-year-old.
“I do not want to get into any controversy at all. I think the player has already paid for his comments since he was fired from the Waratahs and he was not able to play in the World Cup.” Wakefield Trinity chief executive Michael Carter argued Folau’s registration “should have been refused” and said “his views are abhorrent in the modern world”.Wakefield player Keegan Hirst, the first British rugby league player to come out as gay, said on Twitter he was “shocked and disappointed” by Folau’s arrival in Super League.
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