Gay Rugby Player Keegan Hirst Strips Down For Sizzling Photo Spread

Britain's first openly gay rugby league player seems to be relishing his newfound sex symbol status, and we're loving every second of it. 

In this behind-the-scenes video, Keegan Hirst , who is a prop forward for the Batley Bulldogs in West Yorkshire, England, stripped down to a tiny pair of Tommy Hilfiger boxer briefs for a smoldering spread in Attitude magazine 's upcoming Awards issue. The clip also shows the beefy athlete, 27, stepping into the shower in a tuxedo shirt which gets progressively more clingy as the water descends. 

In his Attitude interview , Hirst says not much has changed in his day-to-day life since he came out publicly in August. 

“I haven’t really experimented,” he said. “It’s not like I started going around the gay scene or anything. I still go out where I’d normally go. I have a couple mates that I got to know quite recently. But before I didn’t know anybody who was gay. It was like going from one extreme to another, from zero to one hundred.”

No complaints here! 

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