Izzy going to be any good?ON April 27, several weeks before he signed a massive contract to become the face of the AFL's mission to convert the rugby league heartland, Israel Folau met key AFL officials, including Greater Western Sydney coach Kevin Sheedy and his support crew, at a secluded park in the rustic outer western suburb of Castle Hill.
The purpose was to test Folau in the basic skills — kicking, marking, picking up the ball — of what would become his adopted sport, before further advancing the negotiations. Folau and his management had selected the Fred Caterson Reserve in Castle Hill in the belief that it was sufficiently remote for the test screening to remain secret.
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