For those who have always wondered how it would feel to don a rugby guernsey and get their head into a ruck as part of a World Cup-winning sports side, you may just get the chance to prove yourself over the next few weeks as Sydney’s very own world-beating Convicts prepare to hold a recruitment drive.

How the Sydney Convicts helped James Saunders, recently named the gay rugby club’s ‘Player of the Year’, reach the top of his game. As planning begins for the next Bingham Cup to be held in Sydney, the backline star speaks to Serkan Ozturk about rugby, sportsmanship and the Convicts.

The LGBTI community and the entire city are being urged to get behind Australia’s first gay rugby club, the Sydney Convicts, as they now prepare to play host to the Bingham Cup – dubbed the gay rugby world cup – in two years time.

Australia’s first gay rugby club, the Sydney Convicts, will play host to the Bingham Cup – dubbed the gay rugby world cup – in 2014 and have called upon the city and the LGBTI community to help them defend their title in two years time.

The Sydney Convicts have returned back to their home town as winners once again following another triumph, this time at the season-ending Australian Gay Rugby Championship in Brisbane over the weekend.

With plenty of talk in recent days about homophobia on the football pitch, the Sydney Convicts gay and inclusive rugby club have received an official endorsement from Prime Minister Julia Gillard for Sydney to hold the next Bingham Cup in 2014.

Fresh from their overseas triumph at the Bingham Cup which got rugby greats like John Eales and Nick Farr-Jones singing their praises, the Sydney Convicts are now only one small step away from claiming another prestigious trophy this season.

SYDNEY: Fresh from their triumphant campaign to reclaim the gay rugby world’s Holy Grail - the Bingham Cup - our very own Sydney Convicts will be co-hosting a special celebration party later this month and are inviting the whole community to join them.

Sydney Convicts gay rugby union footballer Kevin Perry became the first person tossed out of this season’s Masterchef after admitting to having “stuffed up” in a pasta challenge overnight.

One member of the Sydney Convicts gay rugby side has swapped the smell of the dressing room for the spicy aromas of the kitchen after being named as the first contestant to get through the Top 24 in the latest season of reality television juggernaut Masterchef.

Gay rugby club Sydney Convicts has commenced preparations for the Bingham Cup Tournament to be held in May later this year. 

SYDNEY: The Sydney Convicts are already planning their conquest of the Bingham Cup in Manchester in 2012. And to help with their campaign, they’re holding another Rugger Bugger and this time, they’re taking their cues from the Colosseum. 

MELBOURNE: Members of gay and inclusive rugby union club the Melbourne Chargers are gearing up for 2012 with the highlight being their participation in the Bingham Cup tournament in Manchester in June 2012. 

It will be battle on and off the field when Melbourne and Sydney gay and inclusive rugby clubs the Melbourne Chargers and Sydney Convicts meet on September 17.