Israel ‘Isileli Folau (Tongan: [fo'lɑʊ̯]; born 3 April 1989) is a professional dual-code rugby player who plays as a fullback for Japan Rugby League One club Urayasu D-Rocks. Born in Australia, he represents Tonga at international level after qualifying on ancestry grounds.
Folau began his professional career playing rugby league. Representing the Melbourne Storm in the National Rugby League (NRL) from 2007 to 2008, where he broke the record for most tries in a debut year. He then played with the Brisbane Broncos from 2009 to 2010. Playing as a wing or centre, Folau represented Queensland in the State of Origin and Australia, becoming the youngest player to play for both teams. In 2020, Folau played for the French rugby league team the Catalans Dragons in the Super League.
In 2011, Folau joined the Greater Western Sydney Giants in the Australian Football League (AFL) and played for two seasons. In December 2012, Folau announced he was to switch codes again, this time for rugby union, and signed a one-year contract with the Waratahs. He would later become the record holder for the most tries scored in Super Rugby history post the 2019 season. At international level, he made his debut for Australia in 2013 against the British & Irish Lions, and went on to earn 73 caps. In 2022, Folau switched allegiance in order to represent Tonga after World Rugby announced its new eligibility laws.
Folau's statements about homosexuality brought him into conflict with the administrators of Rugby Australia, and in 2019 they terminated his contract. Alleging that Rugby Australia terminated his employment on the basis of religion, Folau commenced proceedings in the Fair Work Commission but was unable to reach a settlement with Rugby Australia. He subsequently commenced proceedings in the Federal Circuit Court of Australia and a confidential settlement between the two parties was released on 4 December 2019.
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Date: 04 April 1989
LEAD: INTERNATIONAL A3-15 The United States and Egypt agree that Israel should end its ''occupation'' of Arab lands and that an international conference could help bring about peace, Presidents Bush and Mubarak declared. Page A1
Date: 03 April 1989
LEAD: international A2-9 Mikhail Gorbachev arrived in Cuba to an effusive welcome and a bear hug and kisses from one of his prickliest allies, Fidel Castro. Mr. Castro clearly hoped to dispel any impression of friction. Page A1
Date: 04 April 1989
AP
LEAD: The Hartford Courant has announced a plan that will allow some owners of facsimile machines to obtain advance copies of its news and editorials. The newspaper said Sunday that it would distribute a newsletter, known as Faxpaper, at a price of $2,500 a year. Starting Tuesday, anyone who wants the news, but who does not have time to watch the evening news, will be able to receive Faxpaper, The
Date: 04 April 1989
By Michael Oreskes, Special To the New York Times
Michael Oreskes
LEAD: Most Americans tune in to their President through television. Here is what they saw Saturday night on CBS News: Oil, miles of it, spread across Prince William Sound. Then ducks drenched in oil. Then President Bush playing horseshoes.
Date: 03 April 1989
LEAD: The office of a student newspaper that printed anti-Israel editorial was aprayed-painted with graffiti Friday by vandals who broke a double glass window, campus security officials said.
Date: 03 April 1989
By Joe McGinniss
Joe McGinniss
LEAD: I want to set the record straight on Janet Malcolm's recent and wrongheaded two-part New Yorker series. Her ''reflections'' on the reporting technique I used in ''Fatal Vision'' - my book about the convicted murderer Jeffrey MacDonald - and on journalists' ethics in general stray far from reality.
Date: 04 April 1989
Reuters
LEAD: The British Government rejected demands for immediate publication of a secret report into the takeover of Harrods department store by three Egyptian brothers after a bid by Lonrho P.L.C. was blocked by the Government. Lord Young, the Trade and Industry Minister, said premature publication would bar prosecutions for wrongdoing by the Serious Fraud Office.
Date: 04 April 1989
Reuters
LEAD: Mayfair Super Markets Inc. said its chairman and president, Stanley P. Kaufelt, who owns about 46 percent of its class A and class B stock, had offered to acquire its remaining shares for $23.50 each. The company said its board would meet to review the proposal. The stock of Mayfair, which has about 7.8 million class A shares outstanding, soared $6.25 today, to $23.50, in over-the-counter trading, where its gain of 36.2 percent was the largest of the day.
Date: 04 April 1989
Special to the New York Times
LEAD: Illinois Tool Works Inc. completed its acquisition of the Ransburg Corporation, an Indianapolis-based maker of automation equipment, for nearly $171 million. Illinois Tool paid $21 a share in cash for each Ransburg share; 94 percent of the 8.2 million shares were purchased by today. Illinois Tool's original bid of $20 a share in January was sweetened to $21 a share to match an offer from Eagle Industries, a Chicago-based unit of Great American Management and Investment Inc.
Date: 04 April 1989
Special to the New York Times
LEAD: Mesa Limited Partnership, a leading natural gas and oil producer, said it would sell $200 million to $300 million in properties this year to reduce debt. The partnership's debt rose to $1.57 billion last Dec. 31, from $948 million at the end of 1987, after Mesa spent $715 million to acquire several properties from Tenneco Inc.