Rugby: Referee Owens bowled over by players after World Cup final

Nigel Owens, international rugby's first openly gay referee, believes the sport has "a way to go" in learning tolerance but professes only huge admiration for the respect the players have shown on the field. The 45-year-old Welshman will blow the whistle in the final Bledisloe Cup match against Australia and New Zealand in Auckland on Saturday, a year after officiating in the World Cup title-decider at Twickenham. "In rugby, they are a very small minority." Owens opened up about his suicide attempt in a documentary released before the World Cup final last year.
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