Welsh players will wear rainbow laces in support of former captain Gareth Thomas when they take on South Africa on Saturday after he was the victim of a homophobic assault.

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2011 - Rugby player Gareth Thomas at an LGTB reception at No10 to launch new campaign to kick homophobia and transphobia out of sport. Photo By David Cameron and Gareth Thomas.jpg: ukhomeoffice derivative work: User:Tsange (File:David Cameron and Gareth Thomas.jpg) [CC-BY-2.5], via Wikimedia Commons

Welsh players will wear rainbow laces in support of former captain Gareth Thomas when they take on South Africa on Saturday after he was the victim of a homophobic assault.

Police dealt with a 16-year-old boy using restorative justice following a request by Thomas, who wanted to send a «positive message».

Welsh rugby will once again back Stonewall Cymru‘s Rainbow Laces campaign over the next two weeks with the community game, each of the four regional sides and the national men’s and women’s teams all endorsing its key messages of inclusion and support.

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