"Once a Vixen, always a Vixen," she says of her team, East London Vixens RFC, who she has lined out with since 2018. But now, after a decision by England's RFU in recent weeks to prevent transgender women from playing female contact rugby, she is listed as"former player" on the website of the club.
"That was really bruising," she says, it meant being cut off from her identity. But the decision by the IRFU, she says,"cut even harder". Alix grew up in South County Dublin, at a time when Ireland was winning Grand Slams and Five Nations. Rugby was always part of life. "When you transition, for me it felt like there was as lot of stuff that I hadn't done that I would have liked to have done. And this was part of that process of kind of living the life I wanted, being the person I wanted to be.
Walking away, huh? That's what often happens when someone gets told to pick on someone their own size. Says it all, really.
Tough ti....er..chests.
New law that prevents men playing against women putting the women at risk.
He most certainly can, he just can’t cheat anymore! SaveWomensSports
There could be bigger, stronger, faster, more hard-hitting men than Alicks who want to play on a woman's rugby team, that is the reason for the definitive point, decision, vote. At 54 you'd be in menopause now if you were a woman, but you're not.
Of course he can continue to play the game he loves….join a mens rugby club
He’ll live..
Nonsense! It may well be that this person has to play in a lower league because they are not good enough to play with their biological equivalent, at the same level, but that's just sports for ya. Women's sports is not for biological males who cant progress in their own field.
He can still play. 🤷🏻♀️
Biological man devastated he cannot beat women in the field anymore
Is a 27-year-old allowed to play Little League baseball if they identify as 12 years old?
Well then start a trans team! There seems to be enough who wants to play in teams that have young women in. So start your own team. Stop being a p€rv€rt!
This is getting really boring now…Alix, born male, may play with male rugby squad, if he’s good enough….
That is absolutely terrible!!! Unless you mean they've been told they have to play in their correct ex category. In which case....meh 🙄
Play in the appropriate sex category
Men's rugby is still totally available. But that's a tougher proposition isn't it?
Ti keep save woman
Yes you can. Go back to playing with men I'm sure they won't mind.
Of course, this person can play. What utter nonsense.
Man hears the word 'no' and has a temper tantrum. News at 11.
There are asylums.
Shame on you for publishing this article. Go interview some young girls who are relieved they no longer fear walking onto a field worried they will get injured by someone far bigger and stronger who shouldn’t be there in the first place.
He an also coach. Given hes mid 50s with exp of playing on men's and women's teams sure his age and experience could be put to good use...
Sorry dude!
What's the matter, not cut out to play on the men's team? I'm glad sporting organizations are starting to clamp down on this nonsense.
This person was not assigned male at birth by mistake as a random act. Sex was observed at birth as male. He is if male sex however he now identifies. No one stopping him playing Rugby.
You mean he can’t play the game he loves, on the woman’s team. Since he is not a woman
Imagine thinking you should be allowed to compete in a physical sport against biological women. 🤦🏽
start a TRA league
You can play the game you love, just go play with the guys.
Sure 'she' can Play with the other men
Where are your journalistic standards and how low do I need to stoop to find them?
Oh boo hoo. A male bodied person in a full contact sport puts women at tremendous risk. This person can play “the sport they love” as much as they like...in the male category
🎻🎻🎻🎻 he is perfectly able to play for his own team
He's about 50 anyway
Tough do do. I'm a 6'2' 15 stone bloke - why can't I play in my granddaughter's under 10 girls team. Perhaps he and I can form an alliance to ruin everyone's fun for the sake of the fetishes of a few weirdos.
If the game that the trans identified male likes to play is 'let's crush the women', then no, you don't get to play
he can
There’s always the men’s team. Funny how transmen never want to play with them either ... 🤔
You can play. With the other men. 🤷♀️
He can play the game he loves with the same rules that apply to everyone. You don’t get to cry that you don’t get special treatment.
Boo fucking hoo.
colmpbyrne Transwomen are not women
Of course he can. Male rugby remains open to his participation
Good head of hair for a man in his mid fifties. What's the shampoo secret? Regaine? I'd better JustAskJason
The truth is, I don't give a shit whether some man I don't know gets to play rugby or not.
You are free to play with the boys
How many others in the team are over 50?
Oh the poooor prostate-haver! Must diddums play contact sport with others of the same s3x to avoid women athletes getting their necks broken? What a heavy cross to bear. We see the capture of MSM by this crazy totalitarian ideology. What happens if you just report plain truth?
Alix can happily continue to play the game Alix loves - because Alix is not banned. Alix is welcome in the open category. Why does Alix not really love the game enough to continue playing in the open category, alongside other biological males?
Man whining about having to play against men again 🙄
He can always play on the men's team with the other men. If he is good enough.
Progress!
Yes s/he can...s/he can play in male class to which s/he belongs... end this lie of a ban.
This person is a whiner, a liar and a lover.
How many media outlets has this melodramatic bruiser gone crying to now? It's only half the story and both you and Alix know it. All Alix has 'lost' is license to tackle young girls to the ground and bulldoze them in a scrum. Join a men's team or start your own trans team, mate.
rte why are you perpetuating a LIE? Alix CAN play, just not as a mediocre 46 yr old in the womens 🤷♀️
Can play in the men's team if qualifies.
Try again
This person is LYING. They are welcome to play on the team with their same sex.
Whining creep can play with the old men. Man heart, man lungs, man bones, man organs, man strength, man muscle types, man oxygen exchange. All intact. Trans identifying females play in their correct sex class in sports up to & including Olympics. This creep can do likewise.
Oh boo fucking hoo he can play with other men if he wants to. What “she” loves is thumping into smaller women and getting her cock out in the changing room. How many actual women can’t play the game they love cos of him?
He can play, with and against the other men. Stop peddling these lies
Great🙃
Of course he can. He was born male. He can play in the male team. What he means is he can’t play with women and fetishise them.
Yes he can.
You're being extremely economical with the truth here. No-one is stopping Alix playing. He can play in his birth sex category - male.
He can play rugby? No one is stopping him? That's a complete lie!
Nonsense. He can still play in the correct sex category: the men’s one. Why are his feelings more important than ensuring a fair and safe game for women? SexNotGender FactsNotFeelings
He's lying. NO ONE is stopping him play except HIMSELF. He can play in the category for which he is the right sex - THE MEN'S TEAM. No wonder people are getting so cheesed off with this whole issue - when Trans lie to get what they want.
good
Who cares? It’s better for the team.
Any fucking wonder why!!! 😂😂😂
Can this person not try out for the men's team?
This is a complex and sad story, hope there is a solution for her
Of course he can play - with all the other biological men!
Opportunity now for them to start their own club, and league, after all it's about the playing and not invading others spaces... right?
Boo boo
They can play rugby with the other NB and transwomen or with men. No one is stopping them play eejits.
But he’s a dude, so there’s that.
He can play with the boys.
Lies. Lies. Lies.
Alix is lying , he can play with the other men
She can play with the men. Is she suggesting a woman shouldn't be on the same field as men? 🤪
Play with the blokes! You qualify for the men’s team trials 🙌
He can play rugby. He just has to, rightly, play on the men’s team. If he’s not good enough, tough. Women’s sports teams are not a second option for men who aren’t good enough to make the men’s team. 🤦♀️
He is a man so he can play in the mens game, problem solved.
Alix can play in the correct sex category like everyone else, they have not been banned. I am grateful the the RFU prioritise mitigating risk of serious injury to females over unfair practices. Also:
He can play on the men’s team. No one is stopping him.
How many media repeating exactly the same lie, begins to be suspicious. Can play like everyone else, in the category that corresponds to each player by their sex.
This rugby player can still play rugby. Just not in the women’s league. Because of safety and fairness. That’s it, simple as that.
Now report the truth.
Play in the male team , simples
She's not being honest then - she can play in the men's team against others who went through male puberty fairnessmatters protectwomenssports
Play with the guys. You're allowed to play with people of your own sex & your penis qualifies you as able to play with the guys. Go for it. Nobody is stopping you
You’re not a woman. Just because you feel like one doesn’t make it true. Also how does one “feel like a woman” ?
I’m afraid only thing he loved about his “playing” was harassing younger women.
Play on a men’s team then
Correction: HE cannot play rugby because HE us a biological male-Stop the gaslighting & insulting the intelligence of people! JFC🤪
Yes you can with the men
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
He can play on the men's team with the other men. Why does he want to injure women?
On the plus side, there’s an actual woman that now won’t be excluded.
You can play of course, just not with women.
Yes they can. In the correct category. Sport is about rules for fairness. Follow them.
Too bad. I can't play tournament chess with 5 year olds.
He can still play, with other men.
Alix is a bloke. How dare you lie to us all. This abuse.
She? Liar.
What nonsense. Like any other TiM can play with the other males.
In sport one plays against one’s biological sex. The individual in question can play against men. Why are you pushing the erosion of women’s sports?
men can play on men's teams :) I support men being inclusive of ALL male diversity
When were these times that Ireland was winning 5 Nations and Grand Slams?
Feel for the lad.😪
Nonsense. They just can’t play in the women’s teams.
So you mean this confused man can't cheat and will need to play against other men? Ain't that a shame...
So, they can still play rugby. It's just that female contact rugby continues to exist as female contact rugby.
My sympathy for middle-aged men’s fantasies of playing on the girls team is exactly zero.
As a biological male he can play rugby, just not against the opposite sex.
Do you only identify asa news outlet these days? They are not banned… Plus that picture… Is it photoshopped,cos alix doesn’t look that on video.
Funny that they never love the game enough to play it with members of their own sex, isn't it? Or that many of them only discover they love the game when they realise that they can kick the sh*t out of women and then shower with them.
Women’s teams don’t exist for their midlife crises. Play on the mens team if you apparently love the sport so much.
Noone is stopping anyone from playing in the correct sex category
Why doesn’t this bloke play with the other men?
He’s basically saying none of the men’s team will take him. He knows it’s only women he can bully into accommodating him.
'...that I am always going to be more physically capable than any woman out there, that is simply not true.' Maybe so, but you are still a male, and this division is for females
He though
We don’t care. We don’t care. We all have things we can’t do because of our physiology. We don’t care.
Yawn, not Alix again. OldNews . We've BEEN THROUGH this so many times. I know you're late to the party, but Alix knows he can play on the men's team.
How come? Are the other men stopping them from playing? If so, then they need to take that up with them. The women's game is for females.
He can play with the men. Because he's a man....
He can play. In the mens category if he’s good enough to make the team. How many times do we have to point this out. He’s not banned from rugby.
Poor fella can't play with the girls. Awful
With the men. Trans identifying men can play with the men. Women do not exist to validate men's feelings. sexnotgender misogyny
'I can't violently slam into women half my size anymore, I have to play against other males now and they could be bigger than me, I might get hurt, it's not fair 😭'
He can still play with the males where he belongs.
Alix can still play…with men. I dare say tho that 54 is long in the tooth for rugby, man or woman, playing with these women. Narcissist
Tough. Males do not have a place in women’s sport. End of.
Why do you post these lies without a clear rebuttal? He can play in the men's category like every other male
Which team is this middle aged man upset about not being able to play for?
Not banned at all, just not allowed to play in the incorrect category..just like I can't play in a kids league. Rules apply to all of us for safety and fairness, tantrums and fantasy count for nothing.
Lots of other sports they can do if it’s to keep fit ! I’m mens teams of course!
He's 54 and too slow for the men's game and doesn't fancy being concussed. He probably likes the cosiness of the female scrum. The article didn't mention whether or not he was AGP.
Because, although male, they are not good enough to play on the male team?
Play with her own sex
Would you want their hands all over your daughters ?
Course he can, just with the rest of the males. What’s the problem exactly - Man doesn’t get what he demands? Boohoo.
He can still play with the team with which he belongs.
We can’t have everything we want in life !
So sick of these misleading headlines. They are not banned. All are welcome to play in the correct category of their sex. This is fair and safe and takes into consideration the rights of you know, actual Women.
He can play. There are many many men’s teams he can join.
There's a team this person would be very welcome to play on. Fairness and safety for women and girls requires that *contact rugby* remain female-only.
Can RTE asked the HSE Board why it failed to discuss the suspension of funding to TENI Tavistock
I also can't compete in second grade spelling bees because I literally don't belong there. Please make common sense have a booming return.
Oh for god's sake this person is a biological male and can happily play with the other men.
Are the men not letting him play on their team? That’s not very nice of them.
He can play. Why is he lying? Oh wait - that’s what his life is… a lie
He can play in the mas team where he belongs. In male teams and changing rooms. Wander what really attracts him to playing in female rugby?
No one is stopping male players playing on male teams.
I know click-bait headlines are the norm these days, and accuracy takes a back-seat in pursuit of engagement. So I'll note important correction here: Of course Alix can play rugby! But as Alix is male, Alix belongs in the male category. Fairness & safety and all that.
Of course s/he can still play rugby, in correct sex category.
Its a lie
The male team remains open to all males good enough to be selected to play.
He can play. With the men. If he qualifies. SaveWomensSports
Transwoman (male) can play on the men's team. Alix is not being excluded from sport or rugby.
Its called the men's team.
He can play against/with other men. They can keep trying and crying, weeping and wailing, sobbing and snotting, it’s done, sanity is returning.
Why do you post these lies without a clear rebuttal. He can play in the men's likes every other males
Always the dishonest headlines. He can play on the men's team, if he can find one he's fit enough for.
He needs to cry more and then have a bloody good word with himself
*he can play the sport *he loves, in the male team, because male is what this person is.
Alix can no longer play against young GIRLS. Alix can play on the men's team. Granted, tackling and the scrum probably won't be as much 'fun' (eh?), but it will be more challenging - and isn't that rather the point of sport...
What's wrong with the male game? What is it about female rugby that this bloke finds so attractive?
Yes he can. All he has to do is play with the other men. He has no right to harm girls and women, regardless of what special identity he claims because of his porn addiction.
As a man, my heart bleeds. Imagine me not being able to play a violent game against women. Imagine me not showering naked with the women. This is an injustice. I can’t play the game I love.
Is there not a men's league?
Alix can play rugby. Just not with young women. At 54 Alix belongs in veterans’ rugby. No women of that age play in the team Alix was in before. They’re all in their 20s and 30s. Shame on you Why not report the facts?
No one has banned Elix from playing with males.
That's life: you can't always do anything you want: get over it.
yes, this person can play. They just need to play fair.
Why should one man’s desires outweigh all of women’s rugby? How selfish and entitled is this guy? He’s like a spoiled child.
I can't compete against 13 yo kids,it doesn't mean I'm banned from sport. I just don't qualify for that specific competition. Or almost any competition,as I'm not a good athlete. Do you see me go around crying? Fat people don't qualify in most competitions,are they being banned?
Why yes, yes she can still play. She has to play with the other males.
'She' is lying. 'She' _can_ play the game 'she' loves - with the other males.
He can play against the other blokes, surely?
'I can no longer cheat and will now have to play with other men' says 'transgender' player.
He's just not good enough for the male team. There are many who would love to play and aren't drawn. The next guy complains bc he can't be president? Grow up🤦🏼♂️
They are allowed to play in the men's game.
This player still can play, only with players that match in size, speed, strength. That player knows it and chooses not to.
He means hurting women is a fun game?
Nothing stopping them playing in the men's, simples.
Oh has the men's team banned men, too?
Men can play on the men's team or a co-ed team. Women's sport is exclusively for women, otherwise it's not women's sport. Men need to leave women's sport alone. It is not for them regardless of how they 'identify'.
Boo hoo, he cannot cheat anymore, what a tragedy. Too bad for him that 'the game he loves' is apparently specifically women's rugby, and not just rugby.
In what way can he “not play”? If an adult man is excluded from playing for underage teams, would RTE characterise that as being “unable to play the game he loves”?
She can play with men.
That's a lie. He can play with the rest of the biological men. He's just upset that he's not allowed to cheat by playing against the fairer sex.
They can play with the men so hasnt be banned.
sharrond62
He can play with the other blokes.
Women’s sports are for women’s athletic excellence, NOT for mediocre males who couldn’t make it in men’s!!!!!!
They are allowed to play rugby. Why is RTE facilitating this lie. Why isnt RTE asking about womens safety or why a person with a middle aged male body needs to be affirmed via rugby tackles on much younger women.
why you lying
So, he can play on the mens team. Or does he think its not fair that hes not allowed to tackle women and cheat in sport?
No one is banned from rugby, men are required to play with men. When will people stop lying.
He can play in the mens team, he is a man.
“I can’t play the game I love by the rules that I can no longer dictate.”
Man upset he's not allowed to cheat and bully women. Details at 7.
HE can play in HIS own sex class, like every other MAN.
We don't care. Ask men to care. Ask men to accept pretty men who like make-up, moobs and long hair. Men can be kind and be inclusive, just give it a try. Come on men. Be nicer.
Nothing stopping you playing. Stop having a mantrum
Why are rte airing freaks on tv? No one gives a ahit , how about teal issues like tribal wars between Afrikaans Rioting in Dublin
Narcissistic cross dressing male says he can’t play the game he loves, “on the females team anymore”, due to a decision to stop mediocre male athletes from being ridiculous cheating bastards. There fixed it for you
He can play on the men’s team where he belongs. If he’s not good enough to play there, then tough. The women’s team is not for middle aged failed men.
Bo**ox!
It must be hard for Alix to hear the word no, as a man he's not use to it.
SHE 🤔😆
johndmtb Play in the mens team 🤷♂️
Not true.. he can play in his sex category.. the mens team
nothing stopping him playing in the men's teams, in his sex-class. no story here.
Good.
Of course he can play rugby, he just can't compete against women. There's lots of room in the men's category for him.
Yes he can, in *his own* sex class. Stop lying.
Fight it in the courts
He can play in the correct sex category.
Trans LIES.
He
They can play. Noone has been banned from playing. The game has been regulated by sex
If the men aren’t letting them play, then blame the men - they’re the villains.
Can play. Just not on the womens team. And rightly so given the obvious dangerous physical advantages what with having a male body and all that. WAKE UP!!
louisemcsharry
louisemcsharry He can play with the men!!
I'm more mixed up than I would be trying to order a kebab after 6 pints.
Very manipulative. Why are you pandering to this? Of course he can play, he just can't cheat and put women at risk. Is that why he's sad, do you think?
Tough !
You can play as a man that you are
TOUGH SHIT.
did dums, there isn't even enough trans players to form a team . why should the whole of women's sport bow to them. find an all inclusive team . I've played on a mixed touch rugby team.
This is not true - you play in your own sex category
The male who identifies as a woman should stop putting their own sexual desire for validation above the safety if women. Demanding females caputulate to male imposters, puts us at risk of grave injury.
Males can’t play against females… That’s all this is. Upholding the safeguarding we have always upheld in the name of safety & fairness.
He can with in the men’s because he’s male.
Alix is 54 year old, playing with people half that age. Why do you think Alix is able to keep up?
Good
Just because he *thinks* he’s a woman, doesn’t mean he *is* a woman
That’s a balls
Of course she can In the right category which is not with the women Simples
I sure the men's team will take him or are they to rough for him.
An Irish male rugby player says he cannot play the game he loves, following a recent decision to prevent men from playing female contact rugby. Nothing stopping him from playing on the men's team, because he's a man.
Good
Yes, he can.
He can play the game he loves, he’s not banned. He can play against other members of his biological sex.
RTE stop LYING!!!!!!! You are pathetic.
'An Irish male rugby player says he cannot play the game he loves, following a recent decision to prevent men from playing female contact rugby' He is lying... he can play with the men.
boo hoo
That person can play with the other similiar bioligical human beings...the testicle testosterone team
This person is male. They can play on the men’s team. No one is ‘banned’. Stop indulging in hyperbole.
Join the men's team. Just like women who are trans play with other woman.
He can. In the proper sex category. If he doesn't want to, tough luck. Women's sport is not for below average males.
But he CAN still play the game he loves. With the other lads.
They can olay with other biological men?
A man identifies as a woman. That’s a man with a mental health issue. Why is there an obligation on women to cater to that man’s needs? To change language, to be unsafe? That’s the sexism. Women aren’t here just to make men happy. That’s a women’s team.
He can. He just can't cheat by playing on the women's team.
Neither can the woman whose place you took. You on a woman’s team deprives a real woman of playing the game she loves but you don’t care about that. This is all about you and your charade. No one is stopping you from playing on a man’s team but where’s the fun in that LGBnoT
A liar in every way. There are no restrictions against this person playing rugby. Just play in the team matching your sex, like everyone else.
Pure bigotry at work
You spelt he wrong.
This individual is lying. This individual is free to play rugby with other males.
He certainly can play the game he loves, unless he's afraid to play in his own sex class🤔
🤡🌎
He's lying
Play with other transwomen, simples.
Why are you publishing lies ? Men who identify as transgender can play the game they love with their own sex exactly the same as every other player. Not good enough to play on the men’s team? Tough. Most of us aren’t good enough to join a rugby team. That’s life.
Of course yer 55 year old Irish transgender rugby player loves playing female contact rugby (the females all being in their teens and 20s).
He can play with the men, or not. He cannot play against women any more, because that is unfair on all women. As a slight man I exclude from rugby as being hit by someone twice my size does not seem like fun to me. Maybe find a new hobby.
Of course you can, Alix. Play w your fellow men. You’re no delicate flower. You’ll be in your true element.
PLAY WITH DUDES PROBLEM FUCKING SOLVED
Well, that's a lie.
Not a she.
Nope they can still play in the biologically correct category or they could set up their own league. Women's sports and opportunities for women needs to be protected. Female spaces need to be protected. This is just misogyny literally dressed up. It's gone way to far now.
An old man has been told he is no longer allowed to grapple teenage girls to the ground & grab their backsides as they’re bent over in a scrum.
Can still go play for the men's teams
We are going after the RFU & anyone associated with it see my blog for statement we won’t stop until they stop discriminating and harassing trans people RFU F the RFU it game on ✅
Who cares.... Proper order.. There are 7 million people on this island.... 6.99 million couldnt give a fiddlers if this person cant play rugby with males or females... Is their not more important/ interesting things going in in this Nation of ours that are worthy of reporting?
This is why we have rules to protect women
Let him play in a men's team. Sorted.
'He'
Alix did not grow up at a time when Ireland was winning grandslams , unless she is in her 80s. 1948 was our first one the next not till 2008. She was well grown up by then. Is there any research put into these articles
Enough lies; they’re allowed to play on the same team that they’ve always belonged upon. That player has performed the same athletic “miracle” this other middle-aged person was able to pull off playing w/young women. Wonder what the common factor is & just TRY to guess who?🙄
Of course he can play rugby, loads of men play it.
The decision is to prevent *males* from playing female contact rugby, when you report it accurately it makes a world of difference.
If there exists no policy regulating height and weight of athletes, and no performance advantage exists in terms of strength, LBM, CSA, or hemoglobin, then no basis exists for a safety concern with trans women and girl athletes.
Good,proper fucking order
He because he is Male i bet there isnt any Woman his age playing against the young lasses He can play with the other Males he hasnt changed Sex
NO she shouldn't. She is a man. JC this is getting absolutely absurd now. 🙄
Play in a men’s team. There’s nothing stopping you.
They can play with their own sex 👍
Blanket bans are wrong. Affects tiny numbers of people, but the harm is great by increasing intolerance.
Good
Erm, play in the mens with being a man 🙄
Throwing a tantrum because he’s not allowed to grab and push young women, and watch them undress anymore
She can play on the mens team as that is her biological reality whether they like it or not.
They can play in their same sex men's category.
He can play the game he loves. The issue here is that he wants to play against women instead of other men. Disingenuos article
Yes she can. Just not with the women.
She could try her hand in Rose of Tralee? If they stop being so ageist.
She can go play with the men, sure isn't that what equality is all about? Inclusion?
Alix can play on the men’s team with the other males. Alix has been banned from nothing and all of Alix’s human rights remain intact. Hurrah!
Only right too because your still a man you just have the appearance of a woman
He can still play rugby, he can play with men. He could always play with men. Why would he want to play with women? Everyone understands the risks and unfairness of giving even one man a woman's place on a women's team.
Oh boooohoooo. He can play in the men's team, nothing stopping him do that. Why should he take a women's place on a woman's team?
He can play the game he loves. He just can't join the women's teams. He can't undress alongside young women. He can't grapple physically with young women. This is a man in his fifties. His 'needs' don't outweigh theirs.
Stop embarrassing yourselves ffs. x
This person can play all the rugby they want, they just can’t play with women in a women’s team
The fellas not banned, he can go join the mens team, where he should’ve been anyway!
Play with the rest of the boys.
fair fucks playing at 54. I was crocked by the time I was 32
And rightly so - why should a woman get hurt to allow her play
I too would like to get in the lady scrum like a big ol pervert
He doesn't like playing with men? Really? What's the problem?
She can still play rugby, with all the other willied people....
molucco The endless self involvement..
'The game he loves' being forcing himself on women young enough to be his daughters. OK then.
Irish female rugby players will no longer have to play against biological men. This is great news and a glimmer of common sense.
A piece of crap says a bunch of crap.
Not allowed to cheat and put women at risk any longer? Cry me a river.
54 and started playing rugby last year. Seriously. Cop the fuck on.
I'm sure the person is welcome in any make team
Scandalous that Fitzgerald was allowed to put female players at risk for so long.
We all have to make sacrifices to lead the life we want to live.
Mens’ and boys’ teams should be more welcoming to gender non conforming male rugby players.
Biologically male is play with the men 🤷🏻♂️
But they can still play, just not with the opposite sex. StopGaslightingWomen
David McSavage
It wouldn't be fair to other women if she where allowed to play... you where born a male, you have male strength and stamina. Im not here to be hurtful but I speak my mind.
Jaysus.. ya would swear it effected , say , more than 7 people.. ya know how many people are being affected by a poxy health system here THOOOOOUUUSANDS. Print proper news , woke w****s .
This latest news must be is a right kick in the balls, for the trans women playing rugby.
Wrong shape of balls
Boo phucking hoo .
isnt that just too bad ,why does this person expect to have a major organisation change its established standards to suit orientation ,it smacks of arrogance and entitlement ,countys going to hell with this stuff
Get a grip, or should I say, that ship has sailed 🤔🤔🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
There is no such thing as the perfect world. Everybody has disappointments they must deal with... my reply is like the world 🌎, not perfect.
Then go back to your old team and play against the men.
Simple answer. Play with the rest of the men.
Course he can
Everyone can play sport 🤦🏻 Terms and conditions usually apply in competitive sports
No is stopping her from playing rugby
Irish player *living in England* - an important detail left out intentionally from the headline
LIES!! She can play on MENS team. Story here is why bio man w/full benefit of male puberty is hell bent on playing on wmns team. Prob b/c she’d not be as competitive on mens team?! , time u hold mens teams accountable for being more inclusive SaveWomensSport coachblade
Sure she can... She's just have to play in the male category where it's fair.. Why should women pander to this shite.
Create a new league for trans athletes, problem sorted.
RTE News pushing a left wing nuttie woke agenda. Well who would have thought. Funny how people are slowly turning against the idea of a person with all the physical attributes of a man blasting through young women's attempted tackles in a rugby match
Dog wagging tail finally
Yes, he can, and he could leave women alone. But he won’t will he….
The game I love do they not realize hormones make trans women weaker not stronger!!!!
Get all transgender women to form a league so they can play the sport they love,but FAIRLY…
I can't play against women each other. Make the men's team more inclusive, this is their issue.
This man can play on the mens team.
Hahahahahha don't care. U reap what u sow.
It can play the game it loves by playing on the mens team
Rte news stirring the pot as usual
This individual can still play rugby; In female codes in non contact games and in make codes in full contact.
Wonder why we don't see transgender women wanting to play mens games, or do we?
Play with the men’s team
RTÉ playing loose with the inconvenient facts as usual.
Transwomen can play in the mens team which is EXACTLY where they belong 🕺🏻
Is it because she is a he, and they only want she's?
Play against males.
He can. He can play with other Men.
She can. She can play in the all gender teams (previously called male).
molucco This is what happens when women are backed up by professional bodies saying NO to men. They call it an outright ban but men can play in their own sex based categories. Get over it.
boo hoo 😭😭
The real question is should people with male bodies be allowed to play on female teams? If so, for equality, this has to be opened to all people with male bodies (regardless of what gender they identify as) to play on female teams and all females to play on male teams.
Go join a blokes team, 🤡
Oh yes you can sir, with men obviously 🧔🏼♀️
He can still play it in a man’s game instead of a woman’s game
She can play rugby… just not with bio females due to the obvious advantage she has due to being a male through puberty. Bit of a victim lead headline, but that’s what gets the outrage and clicks 🤷🏻♂️
I don't think so
Yes he can. In the men's team. But he knows this.
The man who identifies as a Woman can play in a men's team.
The simple answer is, set up a team for transgender persons. It would allow them to play the game the love. There is real risk of injury to biological women from someonewho used to be a man, no two ways about that.
He can still play against other men 🤷♂️
She can play men if she likes ?
Setup your own division
Whats stopping him from playing with the men?
f you are religious, you are phobic, if you quote science, you are phobic, if you have a different opinion or conviction, you are phobic. If your narrative doesn't fit in with theirs, you are phobic. Welcome to the new Ireland of new laws and freedoms where everyone is happy now.
Go and play with men
He can play with the other men if he's that bothered.
Not sure a 54 year old could have grown up watching Irish Grand Slams
Incorrect. Alix is free to take part in the male category with other males. A woman is excluded from her own sport if Alix's wish to take her place is indulged. She has no alternative category. Shocking inaccuracy & bias from the state broadcaster.
Why not. Won't the guys have you?
Who's driving the news agenda these days? This probably ranks 1 billionth on the meritorious order of newsworthy items today. I'm fed up being bombarded with this pseudo bs
What's the problem? Sure Peter stringer was playing against lads twice his size.
Play with others of your same biological sex. If you find it too dangerous, you've answered your own question
OH GIVE THE DAMN THING A REST. TYPICAL RTE. ONLY INTERESTED IN STORIES OF A SEXUAL BENT. NO REAL JOURNALISTS IN RTE ANYWAY, PROBABLY GOT THEIR 'CREDENTIALS' FROM A BACK TO WORK SCHEME. NOBODY WATCHES RTE ANYWAY. I HAVEN'T WATCHED RTE IN ALMOST TWO YEARS
Maybe a couple of transgender teams could be established.
Good
Here we go again RTE the propaganda machine! what is it this time!? oh its such shame men can't play against women in a game of rugby.. The IRFU made 100% correct decision men playing against women in rugby is dangerous! so please RTE stop with your BS.. trans play with trans..
No one said anyone can't play the sport. Just as only the best players get included in final teams, only females play in female categories. Any male demanding access to female only spaces to overpower them and attempt to outclass them in their own sports is a giant
So a biological and genetic male who believes they are female wants to play on a biological and genetically female team. Have people lost all sense of reason in thinking this is fair on the biologically female teams
Good... Play the man's game then.. Nobody is stopping you.. Cheat
GOOD.. it is a fucking disgrace it was ever allowed in the first place. This clearly a biological man so let him play on the mens team
S-he can play in the XY chromosome League
He can play with his gender……?
womenneedsaving
how is this even a discussion? Men cant play in a women's sport, it is as simple as that ... has the world gone mad
She can she just has to play with people from the same biological sex. If she wants to play she's free to.
I support the IRFU on this. It’s my opinion and I’m entitled to it
And Start your own league or play chess. It’s a hobby, what’s with all the drama?
Because its bloody dangerous for women
That’s a man ?
That's not true. No one is stopping him from playing.
He can play the game he loves, against his own sex.
Here we go again. It seems well nigh impossible to do the right thing anymore. There's always some tulip objecting to or disagreeing with everything without due consideration given to the situation they have put themselves in. Get a life & move on.
No stories from women who quit playing because competing against a man was dangerous?
Oh, how I wish journalists would start doing their job and provide push-back, balance, and context instead of these endless sob-stories. 'There is a lot of stuff for me tied up in sports and being physical.' Physical with much younger women, at that. 🧐
She’s 54. Go and get involved in coaching the game you love. Most 54 year olds are quite happy to be involved in management or coaching, knowing realistically their playing career is well over.
Nobody said they can’t play the game they just have to play the game in the team their actual biological gender states
He can play the sport he loves he just can't play women's sports as he is not a women. It's pretty basic really
I hope she can take legal action
This person is not banned from playing rugby. This person is only banned from women’s sports. This person can still play the game the person loves. SaveWomensSports
But rapists are dead on to play...
Surely this person can still play men's rugby? Particularly if passionate about the sport.
Jesus. He looks just like me in my reading glasses. Not the worst look I guess but I'm not pretending to be female. No way should he be playing rugby with girls.
He still can
That person can play rugby with people of the same biological sex, no-one is preventing that, or is it possible that they are not good enough for the mens teams and want to take their inherent biological male advantages and play alongside women, increasing their injury risk?
You mean you cant play without any advantages
He should seek help.
So much ignorance and hate here! And people wonder why there is a need for pride month!
Off course he can play the game on the mens team where he belongs
Play with the other men.
ScottEl64265153 What rubbish, he can play on a men's team.
He can always play rugby with his fellow men every Saturday.
Alix can play with the other males.
The wokeness has gone nuclear
RTE give our woman players a break - it’s hard enough getting woman’s rights without you stirring the pot
I thought people played sport for fun? This is like every cartoon we saw as children, when they pick people for teams but leave some poor kid till last for whatever reason. Why is it okay to do this as an adult? No wonder the kids go nuts, double standards imo.
Is he being stopped from playing?
Lets call a spade a spade here, she's not really a woman, born a male, case closed
Play with the boys...as your a man!
You can, with the other men.
Tough. Get over it and find a hobby where you don’t have a natural competitive advantage
Shameful behaviour. Poor people.
I've got a lovely bunch of coconuts.
Can play with members of their own sex on the men's team.
I understand her disappointment but does she not agree with the reasoning that had been provided ? Are we becoming such a sensitive nation that we don’t discuss the cons of everything. Surely the pre- discussions would have highlighted such scenarios
No one is preventing him from playing rugby...
You can play man's game as you are one
She?
Why not play for male rugby team
Bloke
Good on English RFU and Irish RFU for doing the right thing. Hopefully other sports will follow suit.
Bullshite, he can play the game but cannot compete as a woman due to his balls dangling too much during the game
Surely she could start a trans women league, or just play on the men's team.
Transgender women are men. If they play women’s rugby it’s not women’s rugby, it’s mixed.
No one is buying the subversion RTE, just drop it.
Play men, play woman.
If you were a woman you could play🤔
AidanCTweets …aaaaand the thick as muck bigots are out in force. Absolutely no surprises there then.
Might identify as a woman which is fine but born a man so has an advantage in womens sports. It’s women who are being protected here
She's 54! How many other 54 year old females are still up to it physically to be able to play against their female counterparts? That's indication in itself of the massive physiological advantages that remain!
Worlds in a bad place 🍆
She can play with the men
She can play rugby. It's categorized by biological sex and not gender expression. She is a male at cell level and unfortunately we do not have the medical technology to actually change sex. We only have the technology to help people 'appear' as the oppsite sex, which is different
He can play with other men.
At 54 looks like Alix has had good career already and not actually going to miss out on much.
This is not about acceptance anymore, it’s about trying to shoehorn your believes onto others. It’s not transphobic, it’s science, it’s a physical sport, let’s say Paul o Connell in the morning decided he was a woman, would it be fair for him to play in the woman’s league?
Go play for a mens team fairly simple. Or speak with bisonsrfc
Course you can flower you just can’t play against women as you may hurt them
Where are the fact checkers on this. He can play all he wants.
It's a man. He can play.
Good to see your language is more precise. Hopefully Alix will be made welcome by male rugby groups if the game is important to her.
Yes you can
Alix can play on the mens team, being male. No one prevents Alix from that.
Ur a man & u only want to get into the women's dressing rooms, we use to people like u pervert. We know what u want to play at and its not rugby. U can play the game the u love rugby ur a man. Ur banded because as the name says no more playing FEMALE CONTACT rugby. U chancer.
Play. With. Other. Males.
Yes. He can play with men
You are, of course, free to call yourself whatever you want but you're a male who wants to play full contact against females.
Poppycock. Male transsexuals can play rugby to their heart's content. They love their gender identity more than the game. How about creating a mixed trans club? Transmen amped up on testosterone will love the chance to take on biological males. sexnotgender SaveWomensSports
Imagine hating women so much that you mock them by dressing up as one, so you can join a sport where you get to tackle women full force into the ground.
I identify as a professional rugby player but just like this lad isn’t a woman neither am I a professional rugby player. Identifying as a wheelie bin doesn’t mean you are one.
Well they are lying they can play just not on the women's team
Why would RTE print this shite
The IRFU decision is shameful. Solidarity to trans athletes.
Awwwww.... he won't get to smash up women... awww
I don’t see anything wrong with the decision.
You can play rugby just not with women
Play on PS5 with
The separation of men and womens sports has always been on the lines of sex. Sports aren’t divided by gender. (Even if you are silly enough to think that a societal construction such as gender has any influence on whether a person is a man or a woman)
Good. But report on actual news, like the farmers protests in Holland, Italy, Spain, and Canada
That's nonsense of course. She can play in the same age and sex categories as everyone else. Gender identity however is NOT a sports category. What she wants to do is use her claimed gender identity to play in a different sex category, but gender ≠ sex.
He can, just play on mens teams ,
Biology...play the men's game
Oh dear, how sad, never mind
Anyone wondering how a 54 year old is able to play and be a good player in a team of young, very athletic women? Maybe there is a physical advantage. How many 54 year old men could play for the colts men’s team?
What, and take the head off a lady player or otherwise seriously injure her? Bad idea. But a funny one, granted.
Some looking she.
7 players in England and 2 in Ireland. With numbers this small, it seems to me this could have been decided on a case-by-case basis.
I don't think it's about been against transgender's, its about the difference between men and women....
You mean 'he' is upset he can't force women to do what he wants. He's upset he can't push his way into a female only game and possibly do massive damage to other female players. He's well able to play rugby in the male category. This erasure of female only spaces needs to stop.
That Trans mans souls can play the game they love. They just need to be safe for real women. Trans men can play the game around men. Or form their own Tran made league. Like is so simple if you keep it simple. And body mass balanced. No need for trans men throwing tantrums! ✌️
It can play with other men
Well, It's right and clearly visible nature make us different 50% to be a male and 50% to be a female when you see the light for a first time.What human does or helping other human to do with their feeling of 'how I feel ' It's a different story. Society have horrendous impact.
She can play with her biological counterparts. Transgenders competing with women is ridiculous and dangerous in the case of rugby. I’ve a long playing history…me playing with women would be so unfair.
Is there a statement being made here or does this person really want to play rugby ?
'she' lmaooooo
Sure he can.
the needs of the many outweigh the minor needs of the very few ,if this is affecting trans so much let the lgbt set up its own league ,but i doubt it would field a full team
Play against men...his sex 🤨
Trust the science 🧪
People who saying this dude can play with other men, why you think he changed his gender at the first place? To compete against men again?
Why not play on the otherteam, just asking! 😎
I know it sucks.. i love womens beach volleyball,, they won’t let me play either…
You can play the game. Create your own transgender league or play against men. You identify as a woman but have the strength snd physique of a man, so you should be fine. There fixed it. Now woman are safe to play and so are you.
Why is he afraid of getting hit in the Nuts?
She can find her own ball(s) and play
It's a fxxking man.ffs
Nobody actually sees how women’s rugby in Ireland has been developing and has been successful. This is a clear effort to undermine that progress.
More nonsense - he can play mens rugby🙄
Everybody, stop engaging with RTE... stop letting them wind you up, mock you, lie to you... & contact your TD re revoking the tv licence.
Can you please do your job as journalists and explain that while Alix is Irish she does not live or play rugby in Ireland?
And the problem is what?
I've honestly had enough of this now. It's getting out of hand. In our rush to be good people we are being led down the path to crazy town
She can play with the mens team. I know that may not bring her choice but the reason male and females have different teams is because of their size, mass and muscle tone. It's a safety issue. She can identify as whatever makes her happy but she is biologically male.
What’s that line…when good people stand by and say nothing….that applies here…
Why should we change the status quo for the few? Transgender people should form their own league.
For over two years RTE have been harping on about following the Science, 'all be it the bought and paid for by pharma type' but none the less, just like 'my body my choice' they are very selective about when to apply both.
Who exactly is stopping Alix from playing?
Why can't he play with the men ?
Let me get this right. Alix never played rugby growing up but started playing in 2018 aged 48. I think any male would struggle in male rugby competition if they played for the 1st time at 48. I wonder, what is it about the Women's NC East 1 league that Alix found so 'accepting'?
It’s terrible, hopefully the IRFU will reconsider
I just wish it was 1998 again ,I don't like this time line ,it's weird It's like the weirdos are normal people and normal people are weird
Choices can come with a cost…don’t know enough about the transition but if male strength is retained, I would lean toward agreeing with the decision of not being allowed to play in Women league…but…I don’t see reason for not having a transgender league?
Wow (so far) 230 comments slagging off this person. They like playing rugby. I’m pretty sure they didn’t transition just to play with other women. Likewise they’re probably not the strongest player either. I get that trans hate is strong currently, but I’m sure this will pass 🤞🏼
PERFECT
Don’t care about Alix. Alix can play with the other men. Do care about the women who have to deal with Alix and all the women whose sports and spaces are demeaned and disrespected by the admission of men.
he can play in the men's league where he belongs except he doesn't make the grade, does he? That is why he throws his weight around at women.
The balls of them to deny this beaut her one and only wish
They can play with mens team. Or maybe start a trans team that trans men and women can play on together.
Yes she can and we’ll you know it. She can play the game with her own sex! Whatever happened to that phrase “follow the science” that we were all brow beaten with these past 2 years
The world is reaching peak nuts.
Ah well. You can play. Start a trans league. Sorted
But why not play rugby in the men’s league against men? Because ‘she’ doesn’t love it! SaveWomensSports
Shouldn't allowed to play the game.
Biological men can still play mens rugby as far as I aware?
He can play against the men, you know, like all men do.
Great news
The transphobic comments in this section are disgusting. As a woman who has played with trans women, it really is fine so don’t understand the ruling. It should at least be done on individual basis
take the wig and makeup off it and you've still got a sort of man
I can't play with girls, says a bloke with autogynephilia
Play with the men so
that's because you are an adult male not an adult female, nothing to do with being transgender, just a biological fact...
Wouldn’t be very fair now if Paul o’ Connell got a notion to be a woman and started playing womens rugby.
Is this Alix? Do they play in Ireland? Rugby, finally, is returning to sex-segregation in sports, which is what is already in place. Thankfully 'magical thinking' is being removed, albeit slowly. SexMatters
Noone stopping them from playing in the mens
Yes she can just not competitively with biological women so not to hurt them 🤦♀️
Alix Fitzgerald is a man who thinks/believes that (insert pronoun she/he/they) is a woman. This delusion should not be reinforced. Mental Health treatment should be offered to him/her/them.
The simplest answer is to take gender out of sport completely. You compete against others that are on your level. If you excel, you have to move up to a higher grade. Job done.
i have put no thought into asking this question so here goes. How many straight men would consider dating Alix knowing he/she is transgender?
He can play mens rugby or am I missing something. Join a mens team and get out there and play the game you love.
By her own logic if “she” thinks it is acceptable for women to play mixed sex rugby despite the proven physical advantage of male sexed bodies, then she is free to join a men’s team
Does he not realise he can play - with other men.
'It's 10 am on a Sunday Night. Let's stir up the population with the most heated issue we've got'. This stuff is a curse and a blight.
You can... As a man
Freak of nature…
Compare and contrast coverage of this with its efforts to bury coverage of the recent Travistock clinic and its practices regarding children. This is why this biased and discredited media organisation needs to be closed down.
Someone who lives in alternate reality rejects being told what they can and can’t do. It is too dangerous for women to play rugby against a biological man.
Look at RTE stirring the pot. Shameless.
She can play with the other 54 year old males, no?
Sorry but her feelings don’t trump the safety of others. And without wanting to get all hokey cokey about it - that’s what’s it’s all about.
He can play with the lads no bother 👍
Ffs give it up with this bullshit. If u love the game so much, play with the mens 😡
That’s simply not true - just can’t play against females
I'm not sure about trans-women playing sport, I don't think it should be completely yes in all and every circumstances or no in all and every circumstance. But I am sure that 90% of these comments are disgusting, and ye should all be ashamed of yourselves.
Full-contact physical sports categorise based on physical characteristics such as sex (male/female), age (adult/junior) or weight (heavyweight/bantamweight) to reduce risk of physical injuries. IrishRugby made a good decision IMO - why are you against it?
He can play in the male team . What’s the problem
What Another article on Alix! It's time to stop the Teni propaganda and focus on facts. Not banned, and free as a 50 something male born to play with others in the same sex category. Just not younger women 😬
This is not a ban.. you can play in your biological sex class.. it's not rocket science
'But Alix says that as a player, she has never been a safety risk to others' Alix is not in a position to assess this. Risk is not a matter of personal opinion. Leave it to the scientists (who I note, unsurprisingly, do not feature in this article).
Transformers have no place in the womens game it’s unsafe
He can .. he can play along with the men..after all he is a man and shouldn’t be playing on a woman’s team.. no amount of hormones or getting his bits cut of will change the fact he is a man
Alix seems like a really genuine and decent person and I have heard her speak compassionately and reasonably on radio. But hard cases make bad law. IRFU have made the right decision.
That is not a woman.
Alix never felt they were a danger to other people… so that’s that then? 🤔 Why doesn’t Alix read the science from WorldRugby ? It would be more honest for Alix to just say they don’t give a shit about women’s safety. Oh and btw - Alix can play rugby - in the male category
He can go and play on a men's team.
Play with the men?
That's a factually incorrect headline. Aiix can play with other males. Problem sorted.
Let me fix that for you. HE can't play the game HE loves following a recent decision to prevent MEN from playing female contact rugby. Sorted
There's always the men's category.
'Tis a tad perplexing that some folks who demand their 'non-binary' status be accepted and society re-ordered accordingly then want to opt straight back into what they regard as a binary sporting endeavour and are outraged if that's not permitted...
For over two years we've been brow beaten with the phrase 'follow the science.' Applying this approach, biology deems this person qualified to play in the men's game based on multiple immutable biological markers, regardless of any psychological state or aspirations presented.
Alix is a woman and should be allowed play the game she loves on a women's team or on any team she chooses to play on.
A very manly looking woman
This is satire isn't it
What happens if he knocks a female player out with his jock strap , its practically a weapon
Looks like a man, plays like a man, sorry for your troubles, but you are a man, why not acknowledge you homosexuality?
He can play against the lads with the meat and two veg.
🙄 look biological man have XY chromosome women have X chromosom. Men can identify as women, but as long as they have XY chromosome they are a man! Will a shop keeper take a 5 euro note as a 50 euro note, if I say I identify this 5 euro as a 50 euro
Why don't you try camogie, I know a few real girls that would love to give you a game, you bollix.
DEFUNDRTE
So this player doesn’t love rugby at all. Just womens rugby. Because this player would be free to play rugby on a mens rugby team.
You’d think he/she would like men shoving Their head up his/her arse
He's a man. Stop the delusions. 🙄🙄😱
Yes, he can. In a men’s team.
Some kick in the balls
Truly this is a dark dark time for men's rights.
A biological male should not be playing contact sport with women , it’s dangerous and unfair. Start a trans club and play against each other.
What happens if he gets a erection in showers ? You have think female players
Why not. Play for male team.
Oh grow a pair of balls. Oh wait……………..
Can he not play with himself ?
Is she not a man now ? 🙄 unbelievable
Who is playing rugby at 54? man or woman
Would she have to wear a jockstrap 🤣🤣
Ah bless her 🙄
She can play on the mens team against MEN
Sports categories are segregated by sex for fairness, and in the case of contact sports for safety. Then there is also the issue of changing room privacy. There are no valid arguments to exempt any category of males from these segregation rules.
Pity about him.
54 years of age
He can always play with his own group.
Funny how the writer is called a political reporter. You're a propagandist.
The female players dont want your coke swinging around showers
You can play with the other biological men.
Nothing stopping him playing on a men's team where he belongs .
That's a man.
Of course he can
Here is an idea create a trans league with trans teams … Simples
He can, he just has to play with his fellow men.
I can’t play against women either but as a man I accept that. These people are just narcissists. Imagine wanting a whole sport to change its rules to allow you to play with a natural advantage.
He*
Males can play against Males. Males are not allowed play against Females. No one is stopping Males playing against Males. It's an individual Male's choice to not play against Males. Imagine a whole team of Males playing against a Female team. If you allow 1, what's stopping 15?
He can play and probably play well with other men
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 cant play anymore .... ok dude
Sorry but what is it with men who become trans women and the desire to play sports directly involving physical strength like Rugby, Powerlifting, MMA It’s not exactly doing the “cause” any favours, just bringing up the most plain for everyone to see way that they are not women
Fair play to her, that takes a lot of balls,😜
Good
54 year olds generally can’t play the game they love anymore…
Play on men's team.
It's a bloke
Only right
Can't he keep playing against his fellow men?
Why would he want to play against women, where is the glory in that? He is stronger, faster, bigger- go play with the men
The poor fella
Bloke wants to play in a woman's game. Does he have odd shaped balls?
😂
There is an elegant solution here that is simply to remove all gender demarcation in sport. The cream rises to the top. I'm sure women players have the talent to shine through on their own merits. Then these silly gender wars can end.
Nor should she be u have an unfair advantage over the girls u Play against u wouldn't see me wanting to play a match against a person wit bad autism or down syndrome now would u and yes I can make dat statement as my child has autism so u should enter trans rugby end of
Why not? All males and females can play rugby. They just need to enter into the appropriate division.
Your NOT a woman..... Your a male. With male strength. JFC.
Yes HE can
Excellent
Because he's a dude.
Biologically a man and therefore should not be allowed play a womans sport. This world has gone mad.
Why does he think his personal mental health issues supersede reality?
Good. Thats a man.
Shame this gets more coverage than what's in the Sunday Independent today.
a lot of folks don't get to do what they love either. get over it. you've already received an awful lot in life.
The mens team will take him.
54 playing with young women....
Looking on the bright side, another woman gets to play rugby
Scientific & medical reasons were given for this rule change. Science & medicine says you’re a bloke go play with the lads if you want to play & physical contact sport
No one has been banned from playing rugby, measures have been put in place for health and safety reasons. Well done IrishRugby for doing the right thing for all players.
But he can play in the men's game. Er because he's a man
Course he can.
Man up!
What about roundin up a few of his tranny mates & playing with those of equal stature etc etc etc... ya know like a 5 aside you see any normal middle aged man do.... ffs this is sick beyond belief... fueled by the whore media
At least 'she' has a great chance of winning the Rose of Tralee.
Yes you can play against men or why not start a transgender league.
Same sex players are not prevented from playing together. What's the problem?
Just get a Trans only league going, that’ll fix it.. You’d get millions watching it just for the freak show amusement.
Why does a 50 year old biological man want to play with women in their teens and 20s.. Does that not show his physical advantages ?
Nobody is stopping him playing rugby with the other men.
He can play, no one is excluding him. He can play against other men, on a men’s team. If I choose to identify as an eight year old, can I play against kids? That’s how ridiculous this has become.
The guy can still play with the men.
I want a ferarri but can’t have one. Is there a press conference i could have
A 1% issue that consumes a massively disproportionate amount of the discourse.
Because you're a man!!
this headline is wrong, this player CAN play rugby, just against people of the same sex, same as every other rugby player. Sport is divided along gender & age lines for safety & fairness.
That's a man.
I'd say the lads would let her play. She looks sturdy enough.
Based on the article started playing recently, first full season was in 2018 and is 54 years of age now.
Why don't trans men play rugby in the men's league?
No, play with the men!!
Boo boo! Sign up with the men, your biological class
That's life get on with it
deeforbes_dee can you please do something about these contant lies being portrayed by RTE!!!
All that needs to happen is transgender Tadgh Furlong to join a womens rugby team and run full speed with that weight and power into a woman that is 5.5 and 10st and you’re talking about a car crash incident, health and safety has to be the main thought here
He can play nothing to stop him.
He can play the game he loves no one is stopping him just in the right age group and category. Mind boggling nonsense.
get over it, irfu made the right call, would we let men compete against women in mma or boxing ? not a hope
He could alway sign up for the mens
54!
The IRFU decision does not prevent anyone from playing contact rugby
Lifestyle choice innit ?
To all the woke men. Would you marry or ride a trans woman?
Cry me a river , this bloke CAN Play rugby with the other men no prob.
Play with the mens team if you want to play that bad
Take up knitting.
Rightly so
This person is welcome to play with other males. I can’t play under 18 rugby because I’m not under 18. This person can’t play womens rugby because they aren’t a woman.
54 lol even jonny sexton would say thats taking the piss 🤣
'I just want to smash females' 😂
Can I fight for a woman's boxing title belt if, I put on a wig ?
He can play, I’m sure there’s loads of mens teams that would take him
Everyone can play in their correct sex category. Fact.
Rugby was traditionally known as a game played by men with odd shaped balls Women have been playing it for years with odd shaped balls also
“Look man, you can’t play”
Trans rugby is the answer.
Can play non contact rugby
First of all, this is about an Irish woman who had been playing in England. It's about the English ban really. She did an interview about it that's worth watching. What's happening in rugby to women like Alix is unfair & unjustified, based on flawed research that's not applicable
Alix grew up in South County Dublin, at a time when Ireland was winning Grand Slams and Five Nations. Rugby was always part of life…..right.
The entitlement is off the chart
Have you seen the bald middle aged man playing ladies GAA , talk about a 4am ride (if you're blind)
Why is this lad making the national news. Move on from all this BS.
He can play it. With other men, on a men's team, in a men's competition.
This 1 individual he/she/it yet has no problem to take the biological advantage over ALL other players and thinks that is fair? With IRFU on this one. Not even a discussion worth.
Ridiculousness.
So a guy wants to play girls rugby?
I'm the best rugby player and boxer in Ireland. Bottom Line.
Good. Shouldn't be allowed on the pitch with women or in the showers either. Only weirdos support this.
Absolutely nothing stopping this male from playing male rugby.
My 4year old daughter's civil rights were violated by Kilkenny Garda officers.They refused to let her use toilet.
That is what the TERFs want. Some people aren't happy unless they're making someone else miserable. I hope that the IRFU cop on, but sadly don't expect it
Cut your Willy off and they might reconsider. Imaging one of the girls giving the shout “go hard or go home” in front of him 🤣🤣🤦🏻♂️
Of course he can, they are plenty of men’s teams around.
Takes a Grade A wagon to expect sympathy for a hairy ass man not to be allowed play against girls
That must be a pain in the bollix
She doesn't qualify unfortunately!
There's nothing stopping you playing for a men's team.
We don’t always get what we want sometimes
he can he can play with the rest of the men
She can play with her fellow biological men if she is fit enough....
Play with the men - you are biological male
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