Tag: NZ Falcons
NZ Falcons Chairperson, Grant Joyes, fills YOUR EX in on the significance of the big win, as the team celebrates their 10-year anniversary.
Tell us about the experience of playing in the Purchas Cup in Perth?
There is nothing quite like playing in a tournament where the players build you up as...
Launching tonight, GiveOUT Day is four days of national fundraising giving to LGBTQ+ community groups and not-for-profit organisations.
Last year was the inaugural GiveOUT Day held in New Zealand, and the hugely successful event raised nearly $60,000 for the 13 rainbow organisations that participated. Organisers The Rainbow NZ Charitable Trust...
Phoenix was packed as it played host to the big fundraiser for the NZ Falcons gay and inclusive rugby team, Locker Room. The team also put on a couple of 'revealing' performances. Miss Geena also took to the stage and the dance floor was packed all night thanks to...
Phoenix was packed as it played host to the big fundraiser for the NZ Falcons gay rugby team, Locker Room. The team also put on a couple of 'revealing' performances. Miss Geena also took to the stage and the dance floor was packed all night thanks to DJs Donald...
Kayne Ngātokowhā Peters talks to express playing on the NZ Falcons and his documentary A Gay Rugby Love Letter.
Where did you grow up and how was ‘growing up’ for you?
I grew up in Auckland’s Onehunga and Māngere suburbs by the airport. And was always taken back to our marae...
The Falcons are on the lookout for new players to join their summer touch team, and for the first time ever, in the spirit of true inclusivity, they are looking to include wāhine/female/female-identifying players in their team.
Have you ever thought about giving rugby or touch rugby a go and...
Wolfgang Rieg is a player on the NZ Falcons gay and inclusive rugby club. He is spending Lockdown scrolling through the socials, eating for six, and "gagging to be a nuisance in Europe!"
Tell us about your Level 4 Lockdown.
Luckily my work’s not impacted by this Lockdown – so it’s...
For filmmaker Eammon Ashton-Atkinson, releasing his first feature-length documentary Steelers: The World's First Gay Rugby Club during a pandemic has been a labour of love. He sits down with the NZ Falcons' Karl Wilshire, ahead of the film's NZ television premiere on the Rialto Channel to discuss the unique...
