does Rugby Australia have legal grounds to sack Israel Folau for anti-gay social media posts?
- Written by Jack Anderson, Professor of Sports Law, Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne
Earlier this month, Australian rugby player Israel Folau wrote on Instagram that hell awaits “drunks, homosexuals, adulterers, liars, fornicators, thieves, atheists and idolaters.”
Rugby Australia subsequently announced that his comments breached the game’s code of conduct and it would seek to terminate his four-year contract of...