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Israel Folau is now demanding $14 million in damages from Rugby Australia, claiming he could have been captain of the Wallabies.
The cross-code star lodged an updated statement of claim in the Federal Court where he's increasing his demands from $10 million to $14 million.
According to The Daily Telegraph, Folau, who was sacked for anti-gay comments made on social media this year, said his contract termination will cost him more than $4 million from 2019-21 and also claimed he stood to make up to $1.5 million a season overseas when his contract with RA was up.
Folau reportedly used estimates of how much money he would have earned in retirement had he been given the position of Wallabies captain to justify his new $14 million demand.
The ABC's David Mark reported on Twitter that Folau's updated claim says his sacking would be detrimental to team unity.
#IsraelFolau is claiming a senior Wallabies player told Michael Cheika and Raelene Castle that sacking Folau would cause division in the team, according to an updated statement of claim in his unlawful termination case against Rugby Australia. @abcnews @abcgrandstand
— David Mark (@davymark1) November 26, 2019
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