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Israel Folau

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Israel Folau, whose full name is Israel Isileli Folau, is a professional rugby union player who was also a professional rugby league footballer and played Australian rules football. Born in Australia in 1989, he played rugby league for Australia and later played rugby union for Australia and Tonga, qualifying for Tonga on ancestry grounds. He began in the National Rugby League with the Melbourne Storm in 2007, where he set the record for most tries in a debut year, then played for the Brisbane Broncos and represented Queensland in State of Origin, becoming the youngest player to play for both Queensland and Australia. He returned to rugby league with the Catalans Dragons in the Super League in 2020.

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1989 1
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Born in Australia, he played rugby league for Australia
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    Born in Australia, he played rugby league for Australia
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    born 3 April 1989
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