Ian Roberts

Ian Roberts is a British-born Australian actor and former professional rugby league footballer, born in 1965, who played in the 1980s and 1990s. A forward, he represented New South Wales in State of Origin and Australia internationally, and played club football with the South Sydney Rabbitohs, Wigan, Manly Warringah Sea Eagles and North Queensland Cowboys. In 1995 he became the first high-profile Australian sportsperson, and the first rugby footballer in the world, to come out publicly as gay, which made his career a landmark in the history of the sport.