Will, joking apart, then, are you aware that, unlike me, many males are against female bishops per se?

Smedley - isn't that the female area, logically, most at risk in a heavy contact sport such as rugby - if, like me, you check google, you'll soon see similar concern from others. And...

"You forgot to respond to me, David. And I think it's quite an important point:

"you bragged about playing a "bruising" game of rugby against females, without any consideration of what damage may be done to their breasts, etc"

The point is, David, that it is the choice of the women themselves whether or not to engage in a game of rugby - or tennis, or American football. Their bodies, their choice about what risks they choose to take. It isn't for you to make the choice for them."...there's no question there, Ruth, and I have addressed this issue just above with some very recent history (e.g., NO girls at all playing football, let alone rugby, when I was a kid - I'm 43); so I'll try some Shakespeare, instead:

"Liberty, as surfeit, is the father of much fast" (from Measure to Measure).