It was mentioned on TalkSPORT this evening that Israel Folau may be close to signing for Catalan Dragons for the upcoming season. Folau lost his Rugby Australia contract after making homophobic comments along the lines of ‘hell awaits gay people’, a theme of which he has prior history of.
Whilst he is a quality player who has played both League and Union internationally i cannot look past his prior comments and think should his registration be accepted or should he have to commit to addressing his views through diversity training. Would the bad publicity he would bring outweigh the news of a player of his quality playing in the Super League?