List of international rugby union tries by Israel Folau

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Israel Folau, 2014

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, and of the game.

After his contract with the Australian Rugby Union (ARU) was axed in 2019, Folau racked up a total of thirty-seven tries in seventy-three matches, and became the fourth highest try-scoring Australian player.[1]

In 2021, following eligibility changes made by World Rugby, Folau was eligible to play for Tonga. Folau changed allegiance to play for Tonga, and was selected to the Tongan squad for the 2022 Pacific Nations Cup.

International tries

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List of International tries

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Folau in 2017 against Scotland
Folau against New Zealand in 2017
Folau catching the ball vs. Italy, 2017
Folau in Bledisloe game I, 2017
International tries[2]
No. Opponent Location Competition Date Result Ref.
Tries for  Australia
1  British & Irish Lions Lang Park, Brisbane 2013 British & Irish Lions tour of Australia 22 June 2013 21–23 [3][4]
2
3  New Zealand Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington 2013 Rugby Championship 24 August 2013 27–16 [5]
4  Argentina Subiaco Oval, Perth 14 September 2013 14–13 [6]
5 Estadio Gigante de Arroyito, Rosario 5 October 2013 17–54 [7]
6
7
8  Italy Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino, Turin 2013 Autumn International 9 November 2013 20–50 [8]
9  Scotland Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh 23 November 2013 15–21 [9]
10  Wales Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 30 November 2013 26–30 [10]
11  France Lang Park, Brisbane 2014 France tour of Australia 7 June 2014 50–23 [11]
12 Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney 21 June 2014 39–13 [12]
13
14  New Zealand Eden Park, Auckland 2014 Rugby Championship 23 August 2014 51–20 [13]
15  South Africa Subiaco Oval, Perth 6 September 2014 24–23 [14]
16  Wales Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 2014 Autumn International 8 November 2014 28–33 [15]
17
18  New Zealand Eden Park, Auckland 2015 Rugby World Cup warm-up match 15 August 2015 41–13 [16]
19  England Lang Park, Brisbane 2016 England tour of Australia 11 June 2016 28–39 [17]
20 Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney 25 June 2016 40–44 [18]
21  Fiji Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, Melbourne 2017 June International 10 June 2017 37–14 [19]
22
23  Scotland Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney 17 June 2017 19–24 [20]
24
25  Italy Lang Park, Brisbane 24 June 2017 40–27 [21]
26
27  New Zealand Stadium Australia, Sydney 2017 Rugby Championship 19 August 2017 34–54 [22]
28 Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin 26 August 2017 35–29 [23]
29  Argentina Canberra Stadium, Canberra 16 September 2017 45–20 [24]
30
31  South Africa Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein 30 September 2017 27–27 [25]
32  New Zealand Lang Park, Brisbane 2017 Autumn International 21 October 2017 23–18 [26]
33  Argentina Robina Stadium, Gold Coast 2018 Rugby Championship 15 September 2018 19–23 [27]
34 Estadio Padre Ernesto Martearena, Salta 6 October 2018 34–45 [28]
35  New Zealand Int. Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama (Japan) 2018 Autumn International 27 October 2018 37–20 [29]
36  England Twickenham Stadium, London 24 November 2018 37–18 [30]
37
Tries for  Tonga
To be determined

Tries by opponent

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References

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  1. ^ "Australia – Most Individual Tries". ESPNscrum. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  2. ^ "Israel Folau: ESPNscum". ESPNscrum. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  3. ^ "Australia 21–23 British and Irish Lions". The Scotsman. 22 June 2013. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  4. ^ Heneghan, Conor. "Australia 21-23 The British and Irish Lions as it happened". Joe. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  5. ^ "New Zealand beat Australia 27–16". South China Morning Post. 24 August 2013. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  6. ^ "Rugby Championship: Australia defeat Argentina by one point in Perth test". Sky Sports. 14 September 2013. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  7. ^ "Wallabies humble Pumas in Rosario". ESPN. 6 October 2013. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  8. ^ "Australia's Nick Cummins scores two tries to help defeat Italy". The Observer. 10 November 2013. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  9. ^ Moffat, Colin (23 November 2013). "Scotland beaten 21–15 by Australia in final autumn Test". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  10. ^ Rees, Paul (1 December 2013). "Wales fail to end Australia hoodoo despite George North double". The Observer. Millennium Stadium. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  11. ^ Smith, Wayne (7 June 2014). "Seven tries for Wallabies as they beat France 50–23". The Australian. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  12. ^ "Wallabies defeat France 39–13 in Sydney to win Test series 3-0". ABC. 21 June 2014. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  13. ^ "All Blacks thump Wallabies 51-20 to retain Bledisloe Cup in thumping bonus point win". ABC. 23 August 2014. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  14. ^ "Rugby: Australia beat South Africa in late comeback". New Zealand Herald. 7 September 2014. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  15. ^ Roberts, Gareth (8 November 2014). "Wales 28–33 Australia". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  16. ^ "All Blacks crush Wallabies' Bledisloe Cup dreams with thumping 41–13 win at Eden Park". ABC. 16 August 2015. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  17. ^ Standley, James (11 June 2016). "England beat Australia 39–28 to win first Test in Brisbane". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  18. ^ Standley, James (25 June 2016). "England beat Australia 44–40 in final Test to complete series whitewash". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  19. ^ Newman, Beth (10 June 2017). "Double double sees Wallabies home over Fiji". rugby.com.au. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  20. ^ "Australia v Scotland". Wide World of Sports. 17 June 2017. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  21. ^ "Wallabies edge Italy 40–27 in Brisbane rugby Test as Australia survives huge rugby scare". ABC. 24 June 2017. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  22. ^ Coles, Ben (19 August 2017). "Australia 34 New Zealand 54: Rieko Ioane bags brace as All Blacks demolish Wallabies in Sydney". The Telegraph. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  23. ^ "New Zealand beats Australia 35–29 in Bledisloe Cup thriller". New Zealand Herald. 26 August 2017. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  24. ^ "Wallabies down Argentina 45–20 for opening Rugby Championship win". ABC. 16 September 2017. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  25. ^ "South Africa 27 Australia 27: Springboks and Wallabies held in Bloemfontein to second draw in two matches". The Telegraph. 30 September 2017. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  26. ^ Baynes, Ciaran (21 October 2017). "Reece Hodge inspires Australia to tense Bledisloe Cup win over New Zealand". The Observer. Suncorp Stadium. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  27. ^ "Australia 19–23 Argentina: Pumas victorious in Australia". Sky Sports. 16 September 2018. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  28. ^ Linden, Julian (7 October 2018). "Live coverage of Australia's rugby clash against Argentina". The Courier Mail. Salta. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  29. ^ "All Blacks batter Aussies 37–20 to complete Bledisloe sweep". France 24. 27 October 2018. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  30. ^ Wells, Darren (24 November 2018). "England 37–18 Australia REPORT: England cruise to victory with superb second half display". Mirror. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
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