(Reuters) - Israel Folau's decision not to kneel down with his team mates before Sunday's Super League match between his Catalan Dragons and St Helens was a "personal choice", his coach Steve McNamara said. The former Australia rugby union international remained standing as other players and match officials "took a knee" at the Headingley ground in Leeds, England in support of the Black Lives Matter campaign. "As a group of players and coaching staff, we spoke about it in depth and as a club we are completely against racism and all for equal opportunity," McNamara told reporters. "But there were some players and staff who made the decision not to take the knee. "That was based on personal choice, they have their own reasons for doing that, and we decided we would respect anyone's personal choice on the matter."

Source: International New York Times August 03, 2020 01:41 UTC