There will be gay/bi RL players, i'd imagine team-mates etc know, they just choose not to tell the press, 'cos its nothing to do with them or us

Buy that man a drink. Most sensible post I've read for ages.

As opposed to some on here who seem to suggest that it should be shouted from the rooftops

That may well be true. However it still leaves the question of why are none of the large group of people who are openly/publicly gay also Rugby League players?

Why? I am. I don't shout it out, my friends know and if someone asks me I tell them. I don't have to shout it out or "go public"

For a lot of people, especially famous people, it's an image thing.

Exactly. I'm sure 99% of fans don't know which players are single/married etc (the other 1% being complete stalkers), and I don't see the difference here really.