{"id":41248,"date":"2021-03-05T05:54:16","date_gmt":"2021-03-05T06:54:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=41248"},"modified":"2021-03-05T12:13:23","modified_gmt":"2021-03-05T12:13:23","slug":"nrl-to-consider-applications-for-folau-to-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=41248","title":{"rendered":"NRL to &#039;consider&#039; applications for Folau to return"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ARL Commission chairman Peter V&#x27;landys says the game will &quot;consider&quot; any applications put forward by clubs to allow Israel Folau to return to the NRL.<\/p>\n<p>The controversial cross-code star was recently linked with a move to the Dragons <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/nrl-super-league-israel-folau-st-george-illawarra-dragons-catalans-contract\/bfc5fed5-2399-4b94-baab-bc4c47163771\" target=\"\" title=\"before a massive public backlash resulted in them cooling their interest\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">before a massive public backlash resulted in them cooling their interest<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It&#x27;s understood the 31-year-old&#x27;s camp last month wrote to both V&#x27;Landys and NRL CEO Andrew Abdo, <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/israel-folau-requests-sit-down-with-nrl-surrounding-his-future\/34a2979e-4fb8-49d4-bcf3-26018d74ff53\" title=\"requesting a meeting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">requesting a meeting<\/a> to discuss the criteria that would allow the former Storm and Broncos winger to make a return to the game.<\/p>\n<p>Asked today whether the game would give Folau a chance, V&#x27;landys said the Commission wouldn&#x27;t hold back but revealed the NRL is yet to receive any formal approach from a club.<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"9d818b1e-2db7-4690-abb7-74a137624d99\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/9d818b1e-2db7-4690-abb7-74a137624d99\" alt=\"Israel Folau\" data-width=\"1396\" data-height=\"785\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&quot;I don&#x27;t know if we can say for sure he will be registered because no NRL club has submitted an application for him to be considered,&quot; V&#x27;landys told The Courier Mail.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;If someone wants to sign Israel Folau, the Commission will consider their application.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;At the moment, it&#x27;s hypothetical until (an NRL club) comes forward.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Israel Folau will be given every opportunity like any other person. We believe in due process.&quot;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by<\/strong><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/login.nine.com.au\/login?client_id=wwos&amp;redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwwos.nine.com.au&amp;newsletter=true\" title=\"clicking here!\"><em><strong>clicking here!<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>ARL Commission chairman Peter V&#x27;landys says the game will &quot;consider&quot; any applications put forward by clubs to allow Israel Folau to return to the NRL. <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=41248\" title=\"NRL to &#039;consider&#039; applications for Folau to return\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41248"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=41248"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41248\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41250,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41248\/revisions\/41250"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=41248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=41248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=41248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}