International Rugby League bans trans athletes. FIFA & World Athletics are likely to follow

This week, the International Rugby League announced a temporary ban on trans women from women’s matches as it conducts research and finalizes its inclusion policy.

“Until further research is completed to enable the IRL to implement a formal transgender inclusion policy, male-to-female (transwomen) players are unable to play in sanctioned women’s international rugby league matches,” the league said in a statement.

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“The IRL reaffirms its belief that rugby league is a game for all and that anyone and everyone can play our sport,” the statement continues. “It is the IRL’s responsibility to balance the individual’s right to participate—a long-standing principle of rugby league and at its heart from the day it was established—against perceived risk to other participants, and to ensure all are given a fair hearing.”

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