The man who got Rugby Australia out of jail on the Western Force saga and was embroiled in a bitter battle with former Commonwealth Attorney-General George Brandis will fight for the organisation's right to sack Israel Folau.

RA has again engaged Justin Gleeson SC, one of Australia's top silks, to argue its case in the looming code-of-conduct hearing over Folau's anti-gay and transgender social media postings.

Former Solicitor-General Justin Gleeson SC acted for RA in its NSW Supreme Court fight with Rugby WA in 2017. Credit:Alex Ellinghausen

Sydney-based Gleeson acted for RA in a successful defence of its decision to axe the Western Force from Super Rugby in 2017, the year after he was forced to resign his position as the second-highest law officer in Australia after a public feud with Brandis.

While a date for Folau's code-of-conduct hearing has still not been set down, both parties have been assembling their legal teams; RA mustering two of the biggest names in the legal profession.