LIST | 5 Gay Rugby Stars Who Are Out And Proud - Ruck

Contents:

• FIRST OPENLY GAY GBY LEAGUE PLAYER KEEGAN HIRST OUT OF RETIREMENT
• GAY RUGBY LEAGUE PLAYER SAYS HE'S SEEN MUCH 'GAYER' THGS IN SPORTS CHANGG ROOMS
• RUGBY LEAGUE'S FIRST OPENLY GAY PLAYER LLS JOSH ALOIAI 'IGNORANT' FOR REFG TO WEAR RABOW PRI JERSEY
• LIST | 5 GAY RUGBY STARS WHO ARE OUT AND PROUD
• JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS' KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE COACH TO COME OUT AS GAY MAJOR U.S. SPORTS

FIRST OPENLY GAY GBY LEAGUE PLAYER KEEGAN HIRST OUT OF RETIREMENT

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GAY RUGBY LEAGUE PLAYER SAYS HE'S SEEN MUCH 'GAYER' THGS IN SPORTS CHANGG ROOMS

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RUGBY LEAGUE'S FIRST OPENLY GAY PLAYER LLS JOSH ALOIAI 'IGNORANT' FOR REFG TO WEAR RABOW PRI JERSEY

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LIST | 5 GAY RUGBY STARS WHO ARE OUT AND PROUD

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Manly legend Ian Roberts has lled Josh Aloiai ‘ignorant’ for not supportg the club’s pri 57-year-old beme the first gby league player to openly e out as gay 1995 while he was the back end of his Sea Eagl took exceptn to seven players om his former club who refed to don a pri jersey reprentg a few rabow strip Round 20 of last Saab, Jason Saab, Christian Tuipulotu, Josh Schter, Hmole Olak'atu and Tolut Koula joed Aloiai boyttg the jersey bee of their relig and cultural Roberts at 2020 NRL lnch. The Welshman is also a TV personaly and a voted activist for the LGBT e, wng “Gay Sports Personaly of the De” at the Stonewall awards ceremony London back 2015.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS' KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE COACH TO COME OUT AS GAY MAJOR U.S. SPORTS

The NFL’s Jacksonville Jaguars strength ach, Kev Maxen, has e out as gay — makg him the first male ach a U.