page_title: Israel Folau
section_title: Personal life
hierarchical_section_title: Israel Folau / Personal life
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context_page_description: Israel Folau is an Australian professional rugby league player who plays for Catalans Dragons. He has previously played Australian rules football and rugby union. In 2019, he became the record holder for most tries scored in Super Rugby history.
  Folau played rugby league for the Melbourne Storm in the National Rugby League from 2007 to 2008, where he broke the record for most tries in a debut year. He then played with the Brisbane Broncos from 2009 to 2010. Playing as a wing or centre, Folau represented Queensland in the State of Origin and Australia, becoming the youngest player to play for both teams.
  In 2011, Folau joined the Greater Western Sydney Giants in the Australian Football League and played for two seasons. In December 2012, Folau announced he was to switch codes again, this time for rugby union, and signed a one-year contract with the Waratahs. He made his international debut for Australia in 2013 against the British & Irish Lions.
  Folau's statements about what he understands the Bible to say about same-sex marriage and homosexuality brought him into conflict with the administrators of Rugby Australia, and in 2019, they terminated his contract.
context_section_description: Folau has five siblings, a sister and four brothers. Folau is the older brother of John Folau, who is also a rugby union player.
  "Israel Folau Street" was named in his honour on October 2010 in a suburb of Goodna, Ipswich, Queensland where Folau played junior rugby league.
  On 23 October 2016, Folau announced his engagement to New Zealand netball player Maria Tuta'ia. They were married outdoors on a private estate in Kangaroo Valley, New South Wales on 15 November 2017.
caption: Israel Folau with Dwayne Johnson and Will Skelton in 2014.
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