Folau guilty of misconduct

Israel Folau has been found to have committed a “high-level breach” in his code of conduct hearing set by Rugby Australia over homophobic social media posts he made last month.

The 30-year-old Wallabies full-back, a devout Christian, said on his Instagram account that “hell awaits” for “drunks, homosexuals, adulterers, liars, fornicators, thieves, atheists, idolators”.

A statement from Rugby Australia read: “The panel will now take further written submissions from the parties to consider the matter of sanction.”