NRL news 2022: Gay former Manly Sea Eagl player Ian Roberts reacts to pri jersey ntroversy

Contents:

• MANLY SEA EAGL ACH APOLOGIS FOR HANDLG OF GAY PRI JERSEYS AS SEVEN REFE TO PLAY
• GAY MANLY PLAYER IS LEFT 'VASTATED' BY SEVEN STARS BOYTTG GAME OVER NRL'S FIRST PRI JERSEY
• GAY EX-SEA EAGLE IAN ROBERTS WANTS TO SPEAK WH BOYTTERS, REVEALS TAILS OF CLUB’S PRI JERSEY PLAN
• THE MOLE: GAY MANLY PLAYER VASTATED BY PLAYERS' BOYTT OF PRI JERSEY
• GAY GBY LEAGUE STAR SLAMS "HOMOPHOBIA HIDG BEHD RELIGN" AMID PRI SHIRT BOYTT
• GAY MOSW MOSW CY GUI
• GAY DATG MOSW
• THE 5 BEST MOSW GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS MOSW
• GAY MOSW · CY GUI

MANLY SEA EAGL ACH APOLOGIS FOR HANDLG OF GAY PRI JERSEYS AS SEVEN REFE TO PLAY

Seven players om Atralian Natnal Rugby League team Manly Sea Eagl will boytt a champnship match this week prott at beg ma to wear an "clivens" jersey, triggerg cricism om the club's first openly gay player.

Twter Due to your nsent preferenc, you’re not able to view this Privacy Optns Former Manly great Ian Roberts, the first profsnal gby league player to e out as gay, said the players' opposn to the jersey was "sad and unfortable. Please e Chrome browser for a more accsible vio player Former Manly player Ian Roberts was the first openly gay NRL player - he hop their ntroversy around their pri short sparks more discsn about LGBTQ reprentatn the sport.

GAY MANLY PLAYER IS LEFT 'VASTATED' BY SEVEN STARS BOYTTG GAME OVER NRL'S FIRST PRI JERSEY

Former Manly player Ian Roberts was the first openly gay NRL player - he hop their ntroversy around their pri short sparks more discsn about LGBTQ reprentatn the sport. Manly Sea Eagl ach D Hasler has apologised over the club's handlg of the cln of rabow lours on the club jersey, sayg was a "signifint mistake" pots:Seven players will boytt Thursday's game over the gay pri shirtHasler says the club's executn of the iative was "poor"Manly will face the Roosters on Thursday wh a greatly dispted siSeven players are boyttg their NRL match on Thursday over their team's cisn to wear a gay pri jersey.

(AAP: Dan Himbrechts and Jam Gourley)Ian Roberts, a Manly legend and the first NRL player to e out openly as gay  1995, praised the "thenticy and scery" of Hasler and Cherry-Evans's said was "wonrful" the club would still wear the pri jersey this week and that he had been nsulted about the plan several weeks ago. " Ian Roberts was the first openly gay player the NRL.

GAY EX-SEA EAGLE IAN ROBERTS WANTS TO SPEAK WH BOYTTERS, REVEALS TAILS OF CLUB’S PRI JERSEY PLAN

Gay up-and-g Manly player is left 'vastated' by seven stars boyttg game bee they refe to wear gby league's first pri jerseyThe young man is g up the ranks and dreamed of playg first gra Seven players have boytted wearg the club's history pri jersey He has been left 'eply sadned' by the actns of his Manly teammat Gay former Manly player Ian Roberts is also sadned by their cisn Updated: 11:55 BST, 26 July 2022.

The fallout om pri-gate at Manly ntu, wh reports a young gay player has been left 'vastated' by his teammat' cisn to boytt the NRL club's historic Everyone League Sea Eagl will roll out the rabow strip Thursday night's NRL blockbter agast the Sydney Roosters a first for gby league Atralia.

THE MOLE: GAY MANLY PLAYER VASTATED BY PLAYERS' BOYTT OF PRI JERSEY

The players are refg to wear the Everyone League gay pri jersey bee of relig and cultural beliefs.

GAY GBY LEAGUE STAR SLAMS "HOMOPHOBIA HIDG BEHD RELIGN" AMID PRI SHIRT BOYTT

That has had an enormo impact on at least one player, wh Wi World of Sports reportg that a young Sea Eagle who is gay, but has not e out publicly, has been left shattered by their cisn. Former Manly player Ian Roberts is the only openly gay man to play first graA close iend of the player said was his dream to play first gra for Manly, but now he is not so sure. But when to homosexualy, they have a problem.

'In the 134-year history of first gra gby league Atralia only one active player has ever publicly nfirmed they are gay, former Manly hardman Ian said cisns like the player boytt would have huge impacts on young LGBTIQA+ people who supported the club. As an olr gay man, this isn't unfaiar.

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In 1995, Ian Roberts beme the first gby league player to e out as gay. As an olr gay man, this isn’t unfaiar. “It hasn’t totally shocked me like ’s shockg everyone else, ” said former Manly forward Ian Roberts, who was the first high-profile gby player to publicly e out as gay the 1990s.

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The first openly gay gby league player has shared his gut-wrenchg reactn to seven Manly Sea Eagl stars refg to don a rabow-loured pri jersey.

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”Beg a longstandg member of the LGBTQIA muny, Roberts said the ntroversy was eply personal to him bee he had “lost iends to suici and [seen] the nsequenc of what homophobia and transphobia – all the phobias – n do to people”.

Roberts me out as gay while playg for the Manly Sea News Corp Atralia“This poor mismanagement has ed signifint nfn, disfort and pa for many people. Jul 26th, 2022Jul 26th, 2022A young gay Manly player has been vastated by the stance taken by seven of his club-mat to stand down this weekend rather than wear the club's pri players on Monday cid to boytt the clash wh the Roosters, refg to wear the jersey, which supports the LGBTQ players, believed to be Josh Aloiai, Jason Saab, Josh Schter, Hmole Olak'atu, Tolut Koula, Christian Tuipulotu and Toafofoa Sipley, are refg to play the jersey on relig MORE: Gallen rips Manly over fotten victims of jersey sagaREAD MORE: New twist Wts Tigers refereeg furoreREAD MORE: Richmond urged to nsir unthkable moveBut their stance has left a promisg young homosexual Sea Eagle, who has not yet e out publicly, vastated.

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"Gallen's passnate msage amid Manly's pri jersey fiasFormer Manly hard man Ian Roberts ma world headl as the first footballer to openly clare he was gay the Monday he told The Sydney Morng Herald he was upset but not surprised by the Manly players' stance on the one-off jersey.

As an olr gay man, I'm ed to this.