Former rugby player Sam Stanley marries partner Laurence Hicks
A post shared by Laurence Hicks & Sam Stanley (@samsandlaurence)Former professional British rugby player Sam Stanley has announced that he and his long-term partner, Laurence Hicks, have wed.Stanley, 33, made headlines when he came out in 2015.
At the time, he was the first rugby union player to come out as gay. Rugby union and rugby league are variations of rugby. Welshman Gareth Thomas had already made history as the first high-profile rugby league player to come out as gay in 2009.Stanley’s career included stints with Saracens FC, Bedford Blues and the Ealing Trailfinders.
He played rugby sevens for England during the 2013-14 and 2014-15 World Rugby Sevens Series.Subscribe to our newsletter for a refreshing cocktail (or mocktail) of LGBTQ+ entertainment and pop culture, served up with a side of eye-candy.Besides making headlines for being gay, social media users also had something to say about Stanley’s choice of partner.
Hicks, who works in the travel industry, is 34 years older.In an interview with Queerty in 2017, Stanley made it clear he was into older, bigger guys.“We met online on a site called silverdaddies.com,” he said. “For me, it was love at first sight.
