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Folau expected to launch legal challenge imminently

By Online Editors

It's the fracas that just won't go away.

The Australian Financial Review is reporting that sacked Wallaby Israel Folau is gearing up to challenge his contract termination in the coming days.

Folau hired law firm Macpherson Kelley to represent him after he was fired for an April 10 Instagram post saying hell awaited homosexuals and other unrepentant sinners.

“We believe Rugby Australia and the Waratahs have acted unfairly and unlawfully in their treatment of Israel,” Macpherson Kelley's principal George Haros said.

Expect to hear news of the challenge in the next few days.