2017 Photo Contest, Sports, 1st prize

Boys Will Be Boys

Photographer

Giovanni Capriotti

27 May, 2016

Muddy York Rugby Football Club head coach and player Eric DeMarbre prepares the team’s lineup for the Bingham Cup opener, as he rides the bus with his players to the Ted Rhodes Park in Nashville, Tennessee. The Bingham Cup is often labelled as the LGBTQ Rugby World Cup. DeMarbre has coached Muddy York RFC since 2013, and has played for the club since 2009.

Muddy York Rugby Football Club, established in 2003, is the first gay-friendly rugby team in Toronto, Canada. It was set up to resist the idea that gay men were not suitable for a heavily masculine sport like rugby, and to counter the stereotypes surrounding gay athletes. Canada is now host to three gay-oriented teams, after the Montreal Armada joined the Ottawa Wolves and Muddy York. A fourth, the Vancouver Rogues, dissolved after players felt they had brought sufficient awareness to issues of inclusion, and now play on mixed teams. Muddy York RFC competes against mainstream teams in the Toronto Rugby Union, and travels to play against other gay teams.

About the photographer

Giovanni Capriotti

After finishing high school he moved to Amsterdam and London, attracted by the vibrant and creative 90's. Passion for photography has always been part of his life, although at th...

Technical information

Shutter Speed
1/1600
Focal length
17.0 mm
F-Stop
9.0
ISO
5000
Camera
Canon EOS-1D X

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