- My Own
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- Nov 07, 2020
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- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am a rugby player and first and foremost I am a man.
- Everyone
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- Nov 07, 2020
My sport was my comfort. The routine, the camaraderie, the team... everyone's around you. After rugby you're on your own.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My fear of coming out wasn't about rejection. I was scared people would say: 'Why were you lying to me? If you've been lying about that what else are you lying about?' Lying is my biggest regret.
- Exercise
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- Nov 07, 2020
People say getting fit is 90% diet and 10% exercise, but that's bollocks. If you train hard you earn the right to a chocolate bar.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Other sportsmen have confided in me that they're gay. The advice I give is that coming out is great for you as a person, but that you also have to remember you're a role model. As a sportsman you take the money and the glory, but you also take the responsibility that comes with it and make sure the stories that follow are positive.
- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father always pretends to hate Christmas. But when we were children he was the first one waking us up, saying: 'Do you think Father Christmas has been yet?'
- Gay
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was always driven by the idea that if people ever found out about who I was then the stature I created for myself within rugby would have to be as relevant as the fact I was gay. It was always the driving factor to be the strongest, the fastest, the most skilful.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was born and raised to play rugby. I have two parents who are hugely proud of my rugby achievements, but even they say that maybe it was just a platform to give me a voice to do something better, and rugby wasn't what I was all about. Something else was.
- Jealous
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- Nov 07, 2020
I find it hard to believe that people can be jealous of other people's success.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
Someone said on social media that I was the son of Satan for being open about my sexuality. I told my mother, and she laughed and said, 'Well, what the hell does that make me?'
- Nov 07, 2020
I had a stroke in 2006. I thought: 'This is it.'
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was never ever attracted to any of my rugby mates; I was really good at switching off my emotions and I wouldn't have even considered crossing that line.
- Establishing
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is the toughest, most macho of male sports, and with that comes an image. In many ways, it is barbaric, and I could never have come out without first establishing myself and earning respect as a player. Rugby was my passion, my whole life, and I wasn't prepared to risk losing everything I loved.
- Knowing
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was 16 or 17 I knew I was gay, but knowing and accepting are two very different things.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020