The Guardian - AFL weight restrictions 'body shame women'

Poor old Hannah. Barely a day goes by when they don't have to remind us just how tough life is to be 16 stone with a male skeleton and lung capacity and what a huge disadvantage that is when competing in a strength related sport against 10 stone women. Why can't Hannah just be allowed to injure people? Why why why?

What a twisted article. Always about Hannah and her demands and never a thought for women. Fascinating isn't it?

See, if I had played a contact-sport with a load of people who were a lot physically weaker than me (say, children) and that had led to me causing one of them a very serious injury in the form of a broken leg, I would take a long hard look in the mirror and wonder what the fuck was wrong with me if I insisted on continuing to play the sport and was campaigning to remove protections in place to stop people getting injured.

Coopting Katie Brennan's bulimia is a really shit tactic. Stick to handball Hannah

It is so obviously an escuse to legitimately allow trans females ( ie males) a wider spectrum to play. The guardian doesn’t give a shit about women and neither does any trans women who’ll play in a female team.

It's nonsense anyway. The policy is clearly directed at transpeople who wish to play in the league other than that of their biological sex. It is not directed at women who wish to play women's football.

All through amateur football there are age categories to ensure that players compete in teams equivalent to their development. And to ensure the safety of players. Such restrictions are nothing new.

Other sports, such as boxing, have weight categories for similar reasons.

Ms Mouncey ostensibly weighs 110kg. Serena Williams, surely one of the most powerful female athletes competing currently weighs, according to the internet, somewhere between 70 - 85kgs, some 25kgs less than an average man.

It would be very unlikely that a female AFL player would be anywhere near the height and weight of Ms Mouncey.