But former Wallabies lock Peter FitzSimons has helped lighten the mood momentarily by sharing a hilarious tale involving a Folau auction.

In his popular Sydney Morning Herald ‘The Fitz Files’ column, FitzSimons said the Wahroonga Tigers held a fundraising dinner at the Hornsby RSL last weekend, with former All Blacks star Andrew Mehrtens in typical fine form as guest speaker.

“Come auction time, a Wallaby jersey signed by Izzy Folau was one of the items up for grabs,” FitzSimons wrote.

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“Auctioneer, Dave Proctor had his work cut out for this one and bidding was slow and bored until someone shouted out “$666!!”

“SOLD, to that man, and good on him!”

Staunch Christian Folau is of course doing his own fundraising as he controversially hopes to crowd source $3m on GoFundMe to help with legal costs following his sacking by Rugby Australia.

As of 1pm AEST Saturday, Folau had raised more than $500,000.

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