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Can’t Pirate Pete and pals just lay off Israel Folau?

3 August 2020

4:12 PM

3 August 2020

4:12 PM

Israel Folau is in the news again, and this time it’s for something he didn’t do. Over the weekend Folau was the only person—players and officials included—on the field to not take a knee in support of Black Lives Matter. To his credit, the coach of the Catalan Dragons, the French rugby union team Folau now plays for, issued the following statement: 

As a club we are completely against racism and all for equal opportunity.

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