- Israel Folau has bought a house in Brisbane for almost $7 million
- Currently playing rugby union in Japan with Urayasu D-Rocks
- Folau’s views on gay marriage made him widely unpopular
- Rugby Australia sacked him and a settlement was later reached
Controversial cross-code star Israel Folau is the owner of a stunning new home in Brisbane after spending $6.75 million on an estate.
Located 8.7 miles from the CBD, the lavish family home in Brookfield has space for six cars, six bedrooms and four bathrooms.
A wine cellar is another impressive feature of the luxury residence, as is the elevated swimming pool.
Together with his wife, retired New Zealand netballer Maria Tuta’ia, Folau is no stranger to buying and selling property.
Currently based in Japan, where he represents rugby union Urayasu D-Rocks, Folau had a property in Brisbane sold for $1.9 million last month.
Controversial cross-code star Israel Folau owns a stunning new home in Brisbane after spending $6.75 million on an estate (pictured, with wife Maria)
Located 14km from the CBD, the lavish Brookfield home has space for six cars and features six bedrooms and four bathrooms
The Folau’s are tipped to move into the house once the 34-year-old stops playing professional rugby in Japan (photo, the kitchen and dining room)
Folau, still in Brisbane, also previously sold a waterfront property in Redcliffe for $4.2 million, and offloaded a four-bedroom house in New Beith.
Folau, who did not play for Tonga at the recent World Cup in France due to injury, enjoyed greater success in the Sydney property market.
An estate in Kenthurst, in Sydney’s northwest, sold for a profit of almost $1.7 million, and Folau also cashed in on a one-bedroom investment property in Little Bay.
In addition, a four-bedroom house in Stanhope Gardens, bought in 2015 for $1,005,000, recently went under the hammer for $1.7 million.
In 2021, Folau made just over $1.6 million for a home in Kellyville and then sold three side-by-side 290-square-metre units in Austral, in Sydney’s south-west.
Folau made his NRL debut as a teenager with the Melbourne Storm in 2007 and won a premiership the same year.
With six bedrooms, guests will be spoiled for choice as the Folaus entertain in their palatial new home
The beautiful family home in Brisbane’s west was designed by Shaun Lockyer Architects
A ‘devastated’ Folau did not play for Tonga at the recent World Cup in France due to an injury
A move to the Broncos followed, before Folau shocked the sporting world when he gave AFL a crack at GWS Giants from 2011, which proved to be a fateful one.
Two years later he moved to rugby union, where he was electric for the NSW Waratahs and Wallabies, but ultimately sidelined some fans over his views on gay marriage.
In 2019, his contract with Rugby Australia was terminated when Folau was found to have breached RA’s code of conduct after posting ‘hell awaits gays’ on social media.
The deeply religious Folau appealed and eventually a settlement was reached, with the payout probably amounting to three million dollars.