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Keegan Hirst: FA needs to solve homophobic abuse from fans
Britain's first openly gay rugby league player has said preventing homophobic abuse from foootball fans is 'massively down to the FA'.
Keegan Hirst was speaking to Afternoon Edition after a 5 live commissioned poll revealed that 8% of football fans would stop watching their team if they fielded a gay player.
This clip is from Afternoon Edition on 26 October 2016.
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