There is no reason why Alfie Thomas should fail.

The 2 games aren't as different as all the 'flatcappers' would have you believe.

A great signing for the club IMO

You do talk rubbish. You wouldn't call him to his face would you?

Gareth Thomas deserves to be applauded for having the courage to come out while still playing professional sport, not pilloried by a section of small-minded inbreds who are scared his homosexuality may be catching. He won't be the only gay professional team sportsman in the country, law of averages state there will be more than a couple of Superleague players who are also gay - I wonder how the bigots will react when some of their established RL heroes come out?

And it barely took a page for someone to make a sad comment - did it LWF?

It's still socially acceptable to be homophobic. You can't say anything racist any more or you get dirty looks, but if you make an openly anti-gay remark you get a few giggles and nudges.

I suppose most religious values teach us that God is homophobic, its a sin, AIDS was sent as a punishment for their sinful ways. It's difficult to prosecute God or Allah under hate crime laws.

Unfortunate turn of phrase there.

Sorry couldn't resist, I will just go and put on my flat cap and take the whippet for a walk.