WHAT IT’S LIKE TO… HOST EUROPE’S TOP GAY RUGBY EVENT
Apr 23, 2019
3 minutes
Words Liam Heagney
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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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