NI Minister: Gay rugby team promotes sport apartheid

The North’s first gay rugby team is guilty of promoting a sporting apartheid, Stormont sports minister Edwin Poots claimed tonight.

NI Minister: Gay rugby team promotes sport apartheid

The North’s first gay rugby team is guilty of promoting a sporting apartheid, Stormont sports minister Edwin Poots claimed tonight.

The Democratic Unionist Party Assembly member heavily criticised the recently formed Ulster Titans and claimed it was unacceptable for a team to recruit members on the basis of their sexual orientation.

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