There were false starts. Everyone was jumpy. Getting the photo was imperative. In the end, it might be the last time anyone sees Folau at Rugby HQ.
It was billed as one of the most intriguing and landmark days in Australian rugby and it certainly didn’t live up to the hype.
Folau is comfortable putting his views in the public domain but did his best to escape a posse of cameras as he arrived at 9am for a potential landmark hearing that could end up in court if – as expected – both sides continue to appeal. Folau sat in the back seat and there were no brilliant shots of him but it mattered little. He had fronted to face the music, despite some private concerns he wouldn’t do so.
If there had been a fly on the wall in the room of the hearing, it wouldn’t have got out of the building alive, such was the appetite for any new information.There was plenty of waiting. Any car that arrived or exited was swamped. Even the building cleaner was made to feel somewhat like a Hollywood A-lister.
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