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# Face of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/face-of-the-day-1319/
- Published: 2025-10-20T17:30:54.000Z
- Updated: 2025-10-20T17:30:53.000Z
- Description: The incident occurred at the end of the 1994 season, just before Roberts had come out.
- Author: Good Oil Staff
- Tags: Face of the Day, Sport

> Three of the biggest names in Australian rugby league threatened to boycott a Kangaroos tour because they did not want to room with [Ian Roberts after hearing rumours that he was gay](https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/league/300797871/rugby-leagues-ian-roberts-weve-still-got-a-long-way-to-go-for-gay-inclusion-in-sport?ref=goodoil.news).  
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> The shocking revelation comes from *Light – The Ian Roberts Story*, a documentary scheduled for a cinematic release to coincide with next year’s State of Origin series. It is a chance for Roberts – the first and only Australian professional male rugby league player to come out as gay – to tell his incredible life story.  
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> Some of the biggest names in the sport – including coaches Trent Robinson (Roosters), Ricky Stuart (Raiders), Ivan Cleary (Panthers), former Kangaroos and premiership-winning coach Tim Sheens, Kangaroos and Balmain great Wayne Pearce and former NRL chief executive David Gallop – have been interviewed for the movie.  
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