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‘I have never felt like the strongest, tallest girl on the team’: Transgender women’s rugby player insists

A transgender women’s rugby player has spoken out about what it’s really like competing as a trans woman in sport, saying she can’t even ‘come close to the level of athleticism’ she used to achieve before she transitioned.

Emma Farnan, who plays for the Southern Headliners Rugby Club women’s team in the Premier Rugby (PR) Sevens league, told Good Morning America ‘being trans doesn’t mean inherently that I’m going to be a good player.’

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