They followed the science.

https://www.foxnews.com/sports/uks-rugby-leagues-ban-transgender-players-womens-games

"Transgender players have been blocked from competing in women's union and league rugby in England. The Rugby Football Union (RFU) and the Rugby Football League (RFL) amended its regulations to permit only players assigned as female at birth to compete in women's matches.

The new guidance will apply to six transgender women registered to play in England.

The RFU Council voted in favor of updating its gender participation policy for the 2022/2023 season with 33 in favor, 26 against and two abstaining.

After a two-year review, the governing body voted on a complete ban on transgender women from women's rugby in England, a change from its previous policy. In 2019, the RFU assured transgender women of their inclusion and issued guidelines to be met by all transgender players before they could play rugby.

"The RFU Council has determined that until such time as new further peer-reviewed science is available, a precautionary approach is appropriate to ensure fair competition and safety of all competitors," it said."

Transgender women can still compete on men's teams if they meet certain criteria...

These are the bigots.

Good. Boys compete with boys, and girls compete with girls.
That formula has worked for hundred of years.

Good. At least some people still support women

They've just taken the world back 200 years. Shameful. We've made so much progress and that darn science gets in the way

Obviously they have not considered the implications this may have regarding funding from the USDA.

Pretty big news actually. Rugby has become very pozzed over the last few years.

This will likely become World Rugby (the global sport governing body) policy as RFU is the most powerful national union.

Gives a new meaning to cock-blocked

Good on you UK Rugby. My wife played rugby against a biological woman who had been on testosterone for I think 2 years. Essentially playing against someone known to be on steroids. Proud to say my wife still held her own. It will be interesting how this goes over on the womens side as they are heavily LGB whatever. Most of the mens teams I played on were 99.9% straight players.

Is his eligibility up because we may need help at linebacker this year.

justcallmeharry said:

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They followed the science.

https://www.foxnews.com/sports/uks-rugby-leagues-ban-transgender-players-womens-games

"Transgender players have been blocked from competing in women's union and league rugby in England. The Rugby Football Union (RFU) and the Rugby Football League (RFL) amended its regulations to permit only players assigned as female at birth to compete in women's matches.

The new guidance will apply to six transgender women registered to play in England.

The RFU Council voted in favor of updating its gender participation policy for the 2022/2023 season with 33 in favor, 26 against and two abstaining.

After a two-year review, the governing body voted on a complete ban on transgender women from women's rugby in England, a change from its previous policy. In 2019, the RFU assured transgender women of their inclusion and issued guidelines to be met by all transgender players before they could play rugby.

"The RFU Council has determined that until such time as new further peer-reviewed science is available, a precautionary approach is appropriate to ensure fair competition and safety of all competitors," it said."

Transgender women can still compete on men's teams if they meet certain criteria...

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Herein lies the real problem.

Woohoo!! Good job UK!

That's a man baby