Sam Stanley (born 8 November 1991)[1] is a British rugby union player.
At club level, he previously played for Saracens F.C.
His brother is Michael Stanley, who plays for Samoa, and his uncle is Joe Stanley, who played rugby for New Zealand.
[2] In August 2015, Stanley became the first English rugby union player to come out as gay.
[5][6] In 2017, he announced his engagement to his long term boyfriend, (Laurence Hicks): they had met seven years previously on a dating website.