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World Cup might not be enough to keep Folau in Union
By Tom Webber
Israel Folau is not ruling out another code switch as the Australia and Waratahs full-back nears the end of his contract.
Folau started his career in rugby league, representing the Kangaroos eight times and making five State of Origin appearances for Queensland, before spending two seasons playing Australian rules football from 2011.
The 28-year-old is contracted through 2018 – his sixth year in rugby union – and next year's World Cup may not be enough to stop him taking on another new challenge.
"It's something I enjoyed last time around. But, in saying that, there's plenty of options on the line and, when the time comes, I'll make the decision when I'm ready," Folau said.
"There's no rush. I want to make sure everything is set in position and I feel comfortable and I'll come out and make that announcement.
"I'm pretty comfortable in terms of my position and everything that's going on.
"There's no rush from my end, my management are always doing a lot of work in the background and I haven't really thought about it too much.
"My job is obviously solely here and what I can do with the team here."
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Disagree.
The challenge for the All Blacks now that they have 7 of 8 starting forwards locked in and all but one bench forward (only one loose forward and bench loosie to settle on) is to sort out the starting backline as only 9 Roigard, 12 J. Barrett, 11 Clarke and 15 Jordan had good to outstanding seasons in 2024. All the other backs were inconsistent or poor and question marks going into 2025.
Go to commentshe should not be playing 12. He should be playing 10 and team managers should stop playing players out of position to accommodate libbok.
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