Israel Folau is a Tongan Australian international rugby union player. Folau started his international career with Australia (2013–2019) and primarily played as a fullback for them, however was deployed as a wing and also an outside centre as well. While Folau was playing for Australia internationally, he played for the New South Wales Waratahs in the Super Rugby. He made his international debut for Australia against the British & Irish Lions during their 2013 tour series, scoring the first try of the match.
Folau scored thirty-seven tries in seventy-three matches for Australia, and became the fourth highest try-scoring Australian player.
In 2021, following rule changes made by World Rugby, Folau was eligible to play for Tonga. Folau was selected to the Tonga squad for the 2022 Pacific Nations Cup.
International tries List of International tries
+ International tries Opponent Location Competition Date Result Tries for 1 Lang Park, Brisbane 22 June 201321–23 23Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington24 August 2013 27–164Subiaco Oval, Perth 14 September 201314–135Estadio Gigante de Arroyito, Rosario 5 October 201317–54 678Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino, Turin9 November 201320–509Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh23 November 2013 15–21 10Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 30 November 201326–30 11Lang Park, Brisbane 7 June 2014 50–23 12 Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney 21 June 201439–13 1314Eden Park, Auckland 23 August 2014 51–20 15Subiaco Oval, Perth 6 September 201424–23 16Millennium Stadium, Cardiff2014 Autumn International8 November 201428–33 1718Eden Park, Auckland 2015 Rugby World Cup warm-up match15 August 201541–1319Lang Park, Brisbane2016 England tour of Australia11 June 2016 28–39 20 Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney 25 June 201640–44 21Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, Melbourne2017 June International10 June 2017 37–14 2223Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney 17 June 201719–24 2425Lang Park, Brisbane24 June 201740–272627Stadium Australia, Sydney2017 Rugby Championship19 August 201734–54 28 Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin26 August 2017 35–29 29Canberra Stadium, Canberra16 September 201745–20 3031Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein30 September 201727–27 32Lang Park, Brisbane2017 Autumn International21 October 2017 23–18 33Robina Stadium, Gold Coast2018 Rugby Championship15 September 201819–2334 Estadio Padre Ernesto Martearena, Salta 6 October 201834–45 35Int. Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama (Japan)2018 Autumn International27 October 201837–2036Twickenham Stadium, London 24 November 2018 37–18 37Tries for colspan=7
Tries by opponent
+ International tries by opponentOpponentMatchesTries Tries for 121002838 0.667172114 12 70.412 8107134 0.500 33001003 1.000 3201673 1.000 4301753 0.750 5401803 0.600 22001002 1.0003102332 0.667 10325302 0.200 6204330 0.000Tries for 110000 0.000 100100 0.000Total753433845370.493 Opponent TriesMatches
+ Hat-tricks Opponent Location Competition Date ResultEstadio Gigante de Arroyito, Rosario2013 Rugby Championship5 October 201317–54 + Tries per year; ratio Year Caps Tries2013 15 10 0.672014 14 7 0.50 2015 9 1 0.112016 14 2 0.142017 10 12 1.202018 11 5 0.452022 1 0align=center 2023 1 0align=center
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