Ex-Wallaby Israel Folau is hoping for an apology from Rugby Australia when he meets with officials from the body at the Fair Work Commission on Friday.
"I'm hopeful for an apology from them and admission that they were wrong," Folau told Sky News on Thursday.
"That would be something that I would like to get."
Folau was speaking just hours after a campaign to support his legal stoush with Rugby Australia has been paused since donations topped $2 million.
Rugby Australia sacked Folau after taking issue with a social media post by the committed Christian in April that was condemned as homophobic.
Folau had paraphrased a Bible passage saying "drunks, homosexuals, adulterers, liars, fornicators, thieves, atheists and idolaters" would go to hell unless they repented.
He has launched legal proceedings with the Fair Work Commission against the body, arguing he was unfairly dismissed on religious grounds.
In an interview with Sky News Australia's weekly news and commentary program Jones & Co, the ex-Wallaby told hosts Alan Jones and Peta Credlin that sharing the Bible's passages is part of his duty as a Christian.
"I couldn't do that as a person that's convicted by my faith. I couldn't live with that," Folau said.
"It certainly comes from a place of love and it's nothing personal."
Mr Jones asked Folau if he ever agreed with Rugby Australia that he should not have posted the homophobic comment on social media.
"No, I didn't," Folau replied.
Mr Jones asked if the organisation asked him to remove it, and Folau answered: "Yes".
"Did they offer money if you removed it?", Mr Jones pressed.
"Yes," Folau said.
“[I felt] backed into a corner.”
In response, the rugby organisation said: "any suggestion that Rugby Australia offered Israel Folau money to remove a post made on April 10, 2019, is completely untrue."
When Mr Jones asked what he thought about people being personally hurt by his views, the former fullback said he could "see it from both sides".
"If I had a child that was a drug addict, I would certainly still love my child without anything attached to that," he said.
"It's something that I'm trying to share in love and that's the way I look at it in terms of sharing the Bible and the passages with my fellow men each day."
Folau said he had many Pacific Island teammates who supported him because they shared the same beliefs. He also said his former teammates who have spoken out against him were entitled to their own opinions.
"My faith is the most important thing to me,” he said.
"All the backlash that I've received, it's been no surprise. It states that in the Bible."
Mr Jones said there were footballers who had committed violent acts and been involved in domestic violence incidents but Folau had "quoted the world’s most read book and was banned for life".
“All the terrible things people have said about this man don’t add up when you watch the way he speaks and expresses his faith,” he concluded on the show.
- With AAP
