‘Straight teams hate losing to us’ – World’s first gay rugby club.

The Steelers were founded in 1995, the first gay rugby club anywhere in the world (CREDIT: JULIAN SIMMONDS)

After 40 minutes debating LGBT issues in sport, Matt Webb, chairman of gay rugby club Kings Cross Steelers, allows the front of officialdom to slip. Without any warning, he reveals how rugby has transformed his life.

“I wasn’t out to my parents until…