The former Wales rugby captain Gareth Thomas has revealed he is gay, saying he doesn't want to be known as a gay rugby player, just a rugby player.
The 35-year-old told the Daily Mail newspaper that he's "a man. Just because you are gay, doesn't mean you fancy every man who walks the planet."
Thomas is Wales's most capped player with 100 international appearances and has scored 41 Test tries, ninth on the all-time list.
He played three times for the British and Irish Lions in 2005, captaining the side in the second and third Tests against New Zealand following an injury to Brian O'Driscoll.
Thomas, who won the Heineken Cup with Toulouse in 2005 and now plays for Cardiff Blues, retired from international rugby after captaining Wales at the 2007 World Cup in France.
