PremiumAlice SoperContributing Sports Writer·nzme·10 Jun, 2026 10:01 PM4 mins to readIan Roberts (left) and Kane Evans are the only two top-flight players from Australia's men's rugby league competition to publicly come out. Photos / PhotosportThis week, Kane Evans became only the second player in top-flight NRL history to come out pf the closet.More than 30 years after Ian Roberts, the first gay rugby league star, Evans’ revelation shows just how little has changed in the intervening years.
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