Transgender Women In Rugby Union

[New Judge]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/54491179

Correct decision?

[pixie374]

Possibly because of this kind of thing...
https://www.womenarehuman.com/muscle-bound-male-transgender-dominates-womens-sports/

Please excuse the site, it's just the first place google showed.

[ToraToraTora]

of course it's correct, they are geezers for eff sake! It'd kill the womens game stone dead, you'll end up with 15 blokes a side.

[barry1010]

Maybe there should be minimum/maximum height and weight restrictions in contact sports for men and women.
Also a ban on breast implants if contact sports is a risk in that aspect (I don't know, but a woman was banned from boxing in the Olympics because she had implants and it was considered to be too risky).

[naomi24]

Yes, absolutely correct. Whatever they might want to be, they're blokes.

[pixie374]

It isn't only height and weight, though, barry. There are hundreds of differences, from muscles, to organ sizes, bone strengths, to red blood cells...

[Spicerack]

I'm guessing a lot of ladies will be relieved.

[barry1010]

Pixie, it would help even it out, though.

[pixie374]

It wouldn't.

[Old_Geezer]

World gone mad.
They'd already have an advantage in the men's game, nothing painful to grab and put them off their game.

[Old_Geezer]

Sorry re-read. Seems they aren't allowing it. Ok.

[pixie374]

I can think of a few painful things to grab :-)

[Cloverjo]

Yes, correct decision.

[Mozz71]

Absolutely the correct decision. Transgender women, regardless of where they are in their transition, still retain a male muscle mass, and to include them increases the risks of injury to cis players.

It's not a decision based on politocs, it's one based on safety.

[pixie374]

To clarify, og, this is about "transgender" not transsexual. My answers would remain the same... but I think you are thinking these people have at least had an op and hormones, etc.

[New Judge]

Precisely. These are men who have "declared" they are women.

[pixie374]

The question is- why aren't the women identifying as Usain Bolt at the start of their races? They would clean up.... surely?

[iluvmargie]

The right decision.

[Bazile]

If they can hit a high E in the 8th octave (5423 Hz) then let them in , I say

[Deskdiary]

Good - absolutely the correct decision, and Stonewall and other groups can whine as much as they like, but for any normal thinking person, it is an absolute absurdity that an 18 stone blindside can declare he’s identifying as a woman and play in a woman’s team.

He’d always be winning the game single-handed.

[douglas9401]

All I know is that it's a game for men with odd shaped balls.