New Folau fund tops $500k within hours, including $100k from Australian Christian Lobby

The Australian Christian Lobby is backing Israel Folau's legal fight against Rugby Australia after his GoFundMe page was taken down on Monday.

An online fundraising page by Israel Folau has been taken down for violating GoFundMe's terms of service

An online fundraising page by Israel Folau has been taken down for violating GoFundMe's terms of service Source: AAP

A fresh fundraising effort for Israel Folau has already amassed nearly $500,000 in donations, just hours after it was launched by the Australian Christian Lobby.

The organisation relaunched a campaign for the former Wallabies star on their website after Folau's successful GoFundMe page was shut down on Monday.

By 10am on Tuesday, more than $440,000 had been donated via the link on the ACL site - with the group also promising to tip in $100,000 of their own money. 

Read more here via SBS. 


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