Folau Banned from 4N Curtain Raiser

[Thomas]

How petty.

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/n...tions-tournament/story-e6frfgbo-1225939900393

The ARL, in conjunction with the International Rugby League board, will this week step in and ban Folau from becoming an official Tongan trainer in Sunday's Test against Samoa at Parramatta Stadium.

 

[docbrown]

Is he an accredited trainer? Nope.
Should he be on the field? Nope.

If he wants to support Rugby League, let him buy a ticket and watch from the stands like the rest of us.

If Folau was so concerned about Tongan Rugby League, he wouldn't be abandoning them for $3 million in a competing sport - Rugby League owes him nothing now.

Every time his name is mentioned by a Rugby League person, even this article or during a radio call/tv coverage, it's a free advertising hit for the AFL. Why allow it 20 times in a game next week? I mean - we banned Super League defectors from playing State of Origin in the nineties - yet they let Union/AFL defectors play.

I can't wait till October 31st when his contract expires and he has no more involvement in the game whatsoever and we can just tune out the paid-for AFL propaganda instead.

 

[Dr Crane]

sounds like a safety issue to me.

and is he tongan, cockroach or canetoad?

 

[Glen from the Mount]

Whats this game got to do with the ARL anyway? Oh, thats right, the ARL (All Rugby League) run the game.

 

[Paullyboy]

Why does he want to be involved? Surely the AFL wouldn't want their prized marketing b*tch involved in anything rugby league untill he comes back in 3 years.

 

[typicalfan]

Whats this game got to do with the ARL anyway? Oh, thats right, the ARL (All Rugby League) run the game.

Israel Folau.....Australian Rugby League player.

Surely it isn't that hard to connect the dots.

 

[Thomas]

You have to be qualified to run the water these days? Surely being an ex-Test footballer is good enough. No doubt all the other international teams have fully qualified water boys.

 

[Perth Red]

reminds me of the pettiness of Union all them years ago.

 

[Springs]

He's obviously going to fill the bottles with poison, and then he won't know how to run as he's not qualified to be a water runner.

 

[RL1908]

delete

 

[Apey]

I don't understand why it's petty.

He made a choice to leave Rugby League.

 

[Bulldog Force]

he wouldn't be abandoning them for $3 million in a competing sport

$6,000,000

 

[International RL]

Good.

Piss off.

 

[westie]

You have to be qualified to run the water these days? Surely being an ex-Test footballer is good enough. No doubt all the other international teams have fully qualified water boys.

Pretty sure you do. There's a system in place with different coloured shirts and what not, probably to ensure the buggers aren't on the field for 80 minutes running the attack.

 

[Skinner]

He can't have it both ways....what was that saying about cake and eating it.

Piss off Izzy - you made your bed son.

 

[Skinner]

sounds like a safety issue to me.

and is he tongan, cockroach or canetoad?

Actually Doc, he's a rat.

 

[innsaneink]

Why does he want to be involved? Surely the AFL wouldn't want their prized marketing b*tch involved in anything rugby league untill he comes back in 3 years.

Exactly.
What would the AFL want?
Folau nowhere near RL internationals in Sydneys west.

So what does the ARL do?
Just what the AFL would hope they'd do.

Morons

 

[Big Pete]

I really don't see how running water out for Tonga is benefiting Folau in any way.

If anything, it's probably good for the Tongan side to have Folau involved.

 

[nqcowboy87]

isnt he actually currently contracted to gws (hes been doing a bit of promo work for them since the afl gf) and therefore its a perfectly normal situtaion, hes contracted to afl, thereforwe he doenst deserve to be used as a promotional tool for him, he himself has even said he wants polynesian kids pklaying afl

 

[Springs]

Hey, look at that Tongan water runner! He makes me want to play AFL next year!