190cm, 100kg size 15 feet transwoman tries to join women's Aussie Rules football

It depends on how you define transitioned, Wildfire. A “female build” does not and will never include a penis.

Iamagreyhound - you haven't clarified how a transwoman who transitioned as a teen (so has a 'female' build) should have to play on a mans team purely because they were born with a penis?

I used the term ciswoman to clarify, as someone suggested I might not be, presumably due to my size.

The point is that this slightly above average height/weight man (for Aussie rules players) becomes the tallest and heaviest player in the women's game, whilst still having their male-bodied advantage (height, weight, muscle mass, skeletal differences etc). Even though you're a very unusually tall woman @WiIdfire, you won't have the same skeletal structure and levers. Your feet are much smaller for example, and although you weigh a little more you're more likely to have a higher body fat percentage and therefore less musculature etc.

If it's acceptable for this person to play against women, why do we even have sex segregated teams? Maybe they should just merge the men's and women's Aussie Rules teams and be done with it?

“I am female like 50 per cent of the population.

No. No you are not. You are a trans woman.

I am a ciswoman

You are a woman, no need for the prefix.

I agree more women should be speaking out about this, I wonder why they aren’t..

Nobody but women should play on women’s teams, Wildfire, the clue is right there in the name. And for further clarity; when I say women I mean those people who do not happen to have a penis.
What a fucking world it is when this actually needs saying.

I think I could take my chances against most women. Not against even a smaller or lighter man so a tall heavy one would floor me. Literally.

I am a ciswoman, as it happens. Just a very big one.

I take your point, Prickly, that the build of a man and woman are not the same, even if they are the same size. However, the point in the OP was about her size. Where would you draw the line? Would a short, petite, trans-woman be allowed on the team? Should there be an upper size limit on cis-women participants? What about trans-women who transitioned as teens so have a typically 'female' build? Should they play on mens teams?

It just isn't as straightforward that.

It's completely unfair for the opposing team. I guess the team he wants to join are more relaxed about it as they will have the advantage.

Really it's up to women in sports to speak out about these kind of things. I can't really understand why more women are not doing it. I suppose it's similar to why all the actresses did not speak out about the sex abuse that was happening in Hollywood. They all hated the fact that it was happening but felt it would damage their careers if they spoke out about it.

Out of interest, Mide, Wildfire, have you ever played a contact sport against blokes? I have. Only football, not rugby. And only with mates who were not going in hard deliberately. But even so I've had accidental knocks from blokes the size of the man described here. I went flying. There is no comparison to the physicality of even a larger-than-average stronger-than-average woman. It isn't even in the same ball park.

This kind of thing makes me so fucking angry. How this person chooses to dress and present themselves to the world is one thing and if he wants to dress and live as a woman - fine - but he should not be able to play women's sport. It's not fair on anyone. He will injure the other players and his side will have a massively unfair advantage in having a huge great bloke on their team.

I'm 184cm, 116kg, size 10 feet.

I'm a woman.

Should I not be allowed to play on a womans team based on my size?

Whatever you think about what sex she should be playing with, I always think the reports of a broke leg are disingenuous. People break bones in sport all of the type against their own sex.

Same with the fallon fox stuff, yes she beat her opponent to a pulp but isn’t that point of MMA. It happens all the time in same sex sport.

"Broke someone's leg! Surely he won't be allowed to play with women"

It was a woman's leg. He's already allowed to play against women in the amateur game. The only question up for grabs is apparently whether he should be allowed to play against women as a professional.

And born a bit different??? FFS, this is what makes me so angry. The complete fucking denial of basic biology.

I'd guess there would be a fair few missed tackles if playing against Mouncey, as I'd rather do that than risk serious injury. As a result whichever team plays Mouncey will no doubt experience a sudden uprise in form.