Netball Australia Will Not Ban Transgender Players From Elite League

The association defied World Netball’s recent ban on transgenders based on the determination that biological males retained physical advantages.

Liz Watson of the Australian Diamonds and Phoenix Karaka of the Silver Ferns during game two of the Constellation Cup series between the New Zealand Silver Ferns and the Australia Diamonds at TrustPower Arena in Tauranga, New Zealand on Oct. 16, 2022. Mark Tantrum/Getty Images

Netball Australia has no intention of banning transgender players from their elite domestic competitions, despite a ruling earlier this week from World Netball to prohibit them from international matches.

A statement released by Netball Australia on April 9 expressed that they were “proud of its leading transgender guidelines for both community and elite netball.”