Israel Folau’s GoFundMe page may breach crowdfunding rules

PHOTO: Sacked Wallabies star Israel Folau has launched a GoFundMe campaign to help cover his court costs.

Disgraced rugby star Israel Folau’s bid to raise money via GoFundMe for a court challenge to his sacking over homophobic social media posts could be in breach of the site’s rules.

By early Friday afternoon, Folau had raised more than $308,000 for legal proceedings against Rugby Australia and Rugby NSW over the termination of his contract.

“Sadly, after I uploaded the messages from the Bible, my employers, Rugby Australia and Rugby NSW, tore up my employment contract,” Folau writes on his GoFundMe page.

Folau was sacked from his $5 million contract after repeated social media posts claiming gay people would go to hell.

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