Exiled star Israel Folau has been sighted at Wallabies training for the first time in almost seven years after Joe Schmidt’s squad borrowed the facilities of his Top League club on the outskirts of Tokyo on Tuesday.
The Wallabies bumped into the former Test fullback and more recent teammate Samu Kerevi after training at the headquarters of the Urusaya D-Rocks in Chiba, on the shores of Tokyo Bay and near Tokyo Disneyland.
Having toured with the Wallabies last year, Kerevi caught up with teammates while Folau spent time with current star Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii, who regards Folau as a mentor.
The sight of Folau mingling with the Wallabies, and the team’s official Instagram account subsequently posting the photos, is a sign that perhaps time has healed some once raw wounds.
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