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WHAT IT’S LIKE TO… HOST EUROPE’S TOP GAY RUGBY EVENT

RICHARD FAGAN never imagined how his life would change when he first threw into an Emerald Warriors lineout aged 31 in 2012. He’d played a bit of hockey and other school sports, but rugby never crossed his horizon until he came out as gay and became interested in meeting guys in a different social setting.

“In my 30s I wanted something to challenge me,” Fagan explains. “That first night was very daunting. ‘What’s this all about?’ But the team were incredible the way they welcomed me

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