SUE CASTLE
THE Welsh women's rugby team may benefit from a bizarre lesbian love scandal among their Aussie rivals.
Australian player Cheryl Soon took an overdose after a fight with ex-lover and fellow player Tui Ormsby.
Soon, 26, was upset she and Ormsby, 24, had split up. Aussie team boss Larry Thompson does not want Soon in the side. But she and Ormsby will line up together today when Australia meet Wales in the women's World Cup in Barcelona.
In a report Thompson said Soon was in a "very unstable condition" after the bust up.
He said Soon should not be selected because the row had caused a "real split among the team".
But the Australian Rugby Union sent Soon for counselling.
An ARU spokesman said "The matter has been dealt with appropriately.
"We are satisfied with her capacity to do the job asked of her at the World Cup."
The Mirror (London, England) (May 13, 2002): p16
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Monday, 13 May 2002
Saturday, 23 November 1985
American Barbarians tour of England
The Times, Saturday, Nov 23, 1985; pg. 3
The American Barbarians, the women's rugby team, completed a clean sweep of wins on their first tour abroad last night, beating the South of England 20-0 at Sudbury. Candi Orsini at centre had a hand in three of America's first-half tries, scored by Ruth Bernack, Kerri Heffernan, Micky McVann and Karen Keith.
Tuesday, 24 March 1970
Monday, 23 March 1970
1953: Umpire in trouble at university match
The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA), Saturday 15 August 1953 (p4)
Friday, 30 January 1970
1930: Every one an Amazon
The Register News-Pictorial (Adelaide, SA), Tuesday 30 September 1930 (p12)
Thursday, 22 January 1970
Wednesday, 21 January 1970
1921: Women's rugby match, Sydney, Sept 18
Western Argus (Kalgoorlie, WA), Tuesday 20 September 1921, p34
1921: Rugby League. The Ladies Match
The Sydney Morning Herald, Friday 16 September 1921, Page 11
More information in this article http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/FootballStudies/2001/FS0402e.pdf
Thursday, 1 January 1970
1912: Shall there be women footballers?
The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA), Thursday 22nd February 1912"Oh, horrible!" was Miss Rose Scott's first comment on the proposition made to the secretary of the Rugby League that women's football club might be formed (says the Sydney "Sun"). Miss Scott is president of the Ladies' Swimming Association of New South Wales, and believes that women should take some atheletic exercise. But not football. "It's too rough," she exclaiined.:"Too brutal! Girls have enough to do. They can play lawn tennis and croquet, and when they are very little they can play cricket. I played cricket when I was little. But, Football - ugh! It is horrible!" Only one in her life did Miss Scott see a football match, and she still cannot speak about it without a shudder. "If women were to play football with men looking on," she declare, "it would be worse than horrible. It would be disgusting! I don't even believe in men and women swimming together. I would not be president if it was permitted," Yet Miss Scott thinks that women need some healthy development. "Why not walking?" she said. "Walking is very good for girls. But football! Oh, no; no, NO! They musn't be made nmgo and horrible. It's nearly as bad as prizefighting. Do you know,I wouldn't be surprised if it is football that makes men rough and dreadful enough to go to prize fights. Such knocking down of one another." Then Miss Scott expounded the inwand principle of her views. "Men want to be made more gentle," she announced, "and in that way more like women. But women want to be more like men, being more free and honest and truthful. Most women are not truthful. They have been slaves, and slaves cannot be truthful. Proper freedom would make womnen less catty. Because, you know, women are catty." The president of the Swimming Association repeated this statement as though it were in danger of contradiction. "Women 'are' catty" she asserted once more, "and this can be cured; but not by football," she concluded. "Women playing football is a dreadful idea. That is trying to be toocmannish. It is so rough! So horrible!"
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