As of last night (Friday 30th of April) Israel Folau is a free agent. Folau had been given a deadline by the Brisbane Broncos to reply to the club’s contract extension by Friday the 30th of April and Folau didn’t wish to renew his Contract with the NRL club. This meaning that at the end of the 2010 season Israel Folau is off contract.
Israel Folau is attracting a lot of attention from other codes including AFL and Super 14 Rugby Union (soon to be Super 15). There are 2 clubs that are willing to splash out big money for the 21 year old to be in their colours over the next few years. Those clubs are the newest franchises in their code, being the Melbourne Rebels (Super 15 Rugby Union) and the Greater Western Sydney AFL Club.
Both of these clubs are willing to pay Israel Folau a WOPPING 1 MILLION DOLLARS A SEASON, and I can see why he didn’t want to renew his contract with the Brisbane Broncos.
Kevin Sheedy the Greater Western Sydney head Coach is putting forward a big push for Folau to follow former Brisbane Broncos team mate Karmichael Hunt (who left the broncos and signed with incoming AFL team Gold Coast) and make the switch to AFL. I personally think that Israel Folau will make a good career in AFL and he has the goods to succeed in the sport. We have already seen his jumping and marking
skills on the Rugby League pitch when he raises well above the rest to catch the ball and 8 times out of 10 scores a try from him. Of course he may need to drop a few kilos and get more accustomed to running more metres than he would playing in the NRL, but that’s not hard to do when you have professional coaches and trainers.
No one quite knows as of yet what the 21 year old is planning on doing but it has caused some controversy in the Representative side of Rugby League. With the ANZAC Test to be played next Friday Night and State Of Origin just around the corner many believe that Israel Folau shouldn’t be allowed to play and shouldn’t be picked in either of those sides because it doesn’t seem that it is in his intentions to stay in the game for next season (otherwise he would of resigned with the Broncos).
I personally believe that he is a great player and should be able be picked in his respective position and should he leave the game then he has the chance to do so on a high note rather then just being ousted.
Israel Folau is attracting a lot of attention from other codes including AFL and Super 14 Rugby Union (soon to be Super 15). There are 2 clubs that are willing to splash out big money for the 21 year old to be in their colours over the next few years. Those clubs are the newest franchises in their code, being the Melbourne Rebels (Super 15 Rugby Union) and the Greater Western Sydney AFL Club.
Both of these clubs are willing to pay Israel Folau a WOPPING 1 MILLION DOLLARS A SEASON, and I can see why he didn’t want to renew his contract with the Brisbane Broncos.Kevin Sheedy the Greater Western Sydney head Coach is putting forward a big push for Folau to follow former Brisbane Broncos team mate Karmichael Hunt (who left the broncos and signed with incoming AFL team Gold Coast) and make the switch to AFL. I personally think that Israel Folau will make a good career in AFL and he has the goods to succeed in the sport. We have already seen his jumping and marking
skills on the Rugby League pitch when he raises well above the rest to catch the ball and 8 times out of 10 scores a try from him. Of course he may need to drop a few kilos and get more accustomed to running more metres than he would playing in the NRL, but that’s not hard to do when you have professional coaches and trainers.No one quite knows as of yet what the 21 year old is planning on doing but it has caused some controversy in the Representative side of Rugby League. With the ANZAC Test to be played next Friday Night and State Of Origin just around the corner many believe that Israel Folau shouldn’t be allowed to play and shouldn’t be picked in either of those sides because it doesn’t seem that it is in his intentions to stay in the game for next season (otherwise he would of resigned with the Broncos).
I personally believe that he is a great player and should be able be picked in his respective position and should he leave the game then he has the chance to do so on a high note rather then just being ousted.
I hope things work out for this young lad.
ReplyDeleteso do I and he is too good of a talented sportsman for it not to work out for him
ReplyDeleteIzzy didnt get picked in the Kangeroos team for the ANZAC Test and he shouldnt have been picked and also he isnt playing well enough, im a massive QUEENSLANDER AND I DONT EVEN WANT HIM IN THE ORIGIN SQUAD!
ReplyDeleteYeh you have a very good point there brian, Australia has really good players in his position and you are right he hasnt played much of late due to breaking his fingers and he really isnt in form
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