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Flat White

Are Rugby Australia racist cultural imperialists?

2 May 2019

4:04 PM

2 May 2019

4:04 PM

With a third of Australia’s Test line-up being Polynesian, Rugby Australia can ill afford to discriminate on the grounds of race, but that’s precisely what they will be guilty of doing if they sack Israel Folau. Queensland Reds and Wallaby hooker, Taniela Tupou—aka “the Tongan Thor”—has posted the following word of warning on Facebook:

Well, that sure changed the way this whole sorry fiasco might play out.

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