Israel Folau signs with Broncos

March 30, 2008

Boom Melbourne Storm centre Israel Folau has signed today with the Brisbane Broncos after many felt he would remain in Melbourne with the club that nurtured him and took him to an NRL Premiership.

Reports put the contract value at around $2 million dollars for a term of 4 years, as the rookie spoke of reuniting with his family who are all Brisbane based.

The signing of Folau puts Brisbane in an awesome position, already playing amazing football and boasting a good batch of younger players - the only piece of the jigsaw puzzle left is the recruitment of Craig Bellamy. The former Broncos assistant makes no bones about his desier to return him and Brisbane have said they do not want anyone else other than Bellamy at the helm.

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3 Responses to “Israel Folau signs with Broncos”

RMF on April 1st, 2008 9:38 pm

mann! dis guy shud jus stay at MElbourne storms…Gee’s Tongans don’t play for big bucks coz dat ruins tha game but then again IZZY FOLAU iz tha man so yeah…bad news!
michalla murphy on July 4th, 2008 4:44 pm

folau ur crazy to sign up with them
u play better with tha storms……….
plz stay with tha storms where u belong
steph babbey -- brizzbane babbey on July 14th, 2008 1:10 pm

dis guy is a cutie and probably the best rookie ive seen maybe apart from karmichael hunt((hottest player alive=]))

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