Would you let your daughter play rugby?

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My daughter goes along for training sessions with her brother and enjoys them. There are some girls there but tbh not many. No one has said anything about my daughter doing it but have lost count of the amount of "there's no way I'd let my daughter do this" or "my daughter wouldn't do it , she's a princess" comments. They haven't really bothered me but today for some reason they have. I don't know, almost as if it was being inferred I didn't care about her because I was letting her join in with such a "rough sport"

If you would let your DS play then you have to let your DD play surely.

Although just to add to that safety considerations ie. Would your DS play with boys two years older and how does that effect your DD playing against boys when the physical size is clear. So maybe girls leagues only.

Why wouldn't I? My cousin plays for a country club and is amazing.

Why would you not let her play rugby? hmm

Not sure why the faux naievity, plenty of people still believe it odd that women play rugby, and would likely have concerns if their daughters wanted to play.

I’d be extremely worried about the new decision to all “trans girls” and “trans women” to play in girls’ and women’s teams at all levels.

No but wouldn't let ds play either. One brain injury is enough for this family.

I don’t think I would stop her but I’m not sure I’d like it, it’s quite a rough game and I’ve known friends you play have some nasty injuries. Not because she’s a girl though, I wouldn’t have liked her brother playing either.

Yes, I would. My thing used to be equestrianism - the potential for life threatening injury is pretty much the same. Life is full of dangerous things.

Yes and I do. DD loves it and being part of the team.

I wouldn’t let a son play rugby, so a daughter would be banned as we

In England teams are mixed until the end of primary school then they have to play single sex u12s and up. Thems is the rules. Both my 2 love rugby.

DD(10) plays rugby. She's the only girl and she's very small for her age so I won't lie, I was quite nervous when she first started last year. But she loves it and holds her own with the boys.

My daughter is 6 and doesn’t currently play any team sports. I’d allow her to play rugby if she expressed an interest, but there is no way I would allow her to play rugby past her early teens following Rugby England’s decision to allow trans players to compete according to their “gender identity”.

Women and girls are going to get seriously injured and ultimately be pushed out of the sport altogether all for the sake of a few fragile male egos.

@clara10

In England teams are mixed until the end of primary school then they have to play single sex u12s and up. Thems is the rules. Both my 2 love rugby.

You may want to check that...

@clara10

In England teams are mixed until the end of primary school then they have to play single sex u12s and up. Thems is the rules. Both my 2 love rugby.

Not any more. It’s been announced by Rugby England this week that players can play according to their “gender identity”, not their biological sex.

We can see this thread has been posted twice, so we will close this one to new comments and leave the other one open.

I worked for a specialist who worked with rugby clubs. The litany of injuries and concussions would put me off letting any kids play tbh.
The specialist was also involved in writing nice guidance on head injury and it is quite scary reading.
Even seemingly'minor' concusses can have serious long term consequences.
Memory loss, behavioural issues, emotional challenges. Really needs more study.

This was before the whole trans allowed to play with their preferred gender nonsense