Oireachtas TV footage of Senator Terry Leyden explaining why he’s not “an advocate” of women playing rugby, as it’s a “physical” sport. pic.twitter.com/sGKk8lAdWE
— Padraic Ryan (@ryan_padraic) October 23, 2017
This morning.
In The Times Ireland edition.
Catherine Sanz reported:
Women should be mindful about endangering their “health and wellbeing” by playing rugby, a Fianna Fáil senator has said.
Terry Leyden claimed that research he read “somewhere” had shown that the sport was not recommended for young women. “I am not a doctor, but it’s very rough,” he said. “It is a bit more physical than soccer or gaelic football. There are inherent risks in too physical sports . . . I’m just saying, be careful. I don’t want to see anyone endangering their health and wellbeing.”
He made the comments to Denis Naughten, the communications minister, in the Seanad last week in a discussion on the move to broadcast Ladies’ All-Ireland football, camogie finals, and Six Nations championships free to air.
…He refused to indicate where the research he cited could be found other than “on Google”, and The Times was unable to locate any medical research resembling what he claimed.
Boo.
Hiss.
Rugby is bad for women’s wellbeing, says senator (The Times Ireland edition, Catherine Sanz)
Further to this…
I regret the offence caused to Women’s rugby by my recent comments. I have been contacted by a number of people regarding the participation of Women in Rugby and realise that my point of view was ill informed.
….I fully support all players and this week, players both male and female across Ireland and the UK are wearing wristbands that read ‘LEGACY‘, calling into question the legacy the IRFU want to leave women’s rugby with, just after hosting the World Cup.
I fully support the legacy campaign. #legacy
Senator Terry Leydon, this afternoon
Hmm.
Well, another day, another outrage. Man shows concern for women rugby player health while a debate rages about the injuries being sustained in all types of rugby, concussion being the most obvious one. Hang the man for his concern and move on to next target please. Cos we just like fixed concussion, rape, anti semitism, male privilege and homophobia the same way! This stuff works,.
“debate rages about the injuries being sustained in all types of rugby” sources to support this or did you find that “on the google” like the senator?
And if your going to quote the garbage from alarmist Allison Pollock be aware her data is completely flawed and she is misrepresenting the facts. As world rugby put it “The continual claims made by Pollock are not based on like-for-like injury statistics and her extreme and alarmist conclusions are simply not supported by the data. It is well documented that, for most sports, injury rates increase with age, but the quoted research mixes 9-12 with 18-20 age groups.”
What evidence is there to suggest that rugby is harmful for women’s health? Or that apparent risk outweighs the benefits? Not outraged at all, genuinely want you to expand on your well thought out arguments no doubt supported by credible sources of evidence.
Just google it. Yawn. When you’re not too busy wrenching outrage from your life.
Pretty sure concussion isn’t only a risk to women playing rugby Milo
“googl it” ehh? Is that you senator Leyden?
It really isn’t like Fianna Fáil to flip flop..
Sport is unhealthy for women say out-of-touch overweight man.
The neck on him in the photo on his website.
I’m assuming that was the best photo?
http://www.terryleyden.com/
A man who can’t wear a belt and a tie on the same day for fear of looking like sausages.
He never said it was unhealthy. He said he didnt want them damaging their health because its very rough. But anyway, you go ahead with your fat shaming. And everyone here will be fine with it cos he is a middle aged, white man. Oh the stench of hypocrisy…
Up to now we guessed but didn’t know for sure that you are a middle aged white fat man Milo.
Thanks for clearing that up.
Who’s the we? The circle jerk echo chamber?
Hey, it’s all about getting the reaction isn’t? As long as you’re enjoying yourself. Scamp.
He’s probably a catlic too…oh the humanity!
Thanks for that Papa, I actually laughed out loud…which got me a few funny looks from the other passengers on the train.
Girls, stick to competitive embroidery or cheerleading the boys for all your sporting needs.
Competitive embroidery is no joke. Sooner they make thimbles compulsory the better. Barbaric at the lower levels.
FFS could he be any more stereotypically paternalistic? Rugby is a dangerous sport, no more so for women than men!
Nice knighting sir. Even if it’s crapola.
Prove it.
Whats with all the moderation BS?
What’s with all the bitterness, bigotry, woman-hating and obsessive faith-based belief system Milo?
Show me one incident of any. I think my pointing out of the hypocritical nonsense on here is getting to you.
Catholicism. There shown you. Do I get a prize?
join me and milo for a decade of a rosary, celebrating the 15th glorious mystery, the circumcision…
I used to participate but I found there were a large amount of pricks doing it
competitive embroidery that is, not politics ;)O
He will have a hooker going down on him for this.
Hope they get engaged first
Sounds like women’s rugby simply upsets his aesthetics. I don’t think he meant to demean women, he’s just from another era.
But, Senator Leyden, believe it or not: handling weekly food shopping for a family is a physical sport, carrying toddlers around is also a physical sport. It causes injuries to lower back, knees, pulls muscles… Especially when the sports are combined, through necessity. And if woman is a nurse – she would sometimes handle heavy immobile adults.
It’s all fun and games until poo like this is thought to be the consensus and women are put off the games, attendance drops, teams fold, sponsorship declines and funding is denied. All for a bit of “aesthetics”
milo’s ma is clearly still carrying him around
Here is what your ‘upset aesthics’ result in if left unchallenged:
Acceptance this is a correct narrative
Reluctance of women to take up the sport
Drop in sponsorship and funding
Dwindling audiences
Teams folding
Less sporting opportunities for differently abled women
Hi justin
No debate raged. He apologised for making this bullpoo up. The points were made about him not being a medical professional or having a credible source for his claim. You must have missed them in your dash to be outraged about the non-existent outrage. Poor you.