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Basketball Australia rules transgender athlete Lexi Rodgers ineligible to play

Lexi Rodgers spoke about her application to play semi-professional basketball on Under The Surface podcast.
Lexi Rodgers spoke about her application to play semi-professional basketball on Under The Surface podcast. Photograph: Under The Surface with Anneli Maley/Youtube

Basketball Australia has told the transgender athlete Lexi Rodgers she is ineligible to play elite level basketball this season.

Rodgers had been hoping to play for the Kilsyth Cobras in the the NBL1 South women’s semi-professional basketball league that sits below the professional NBL and WNBL leagues, and is made up of North, South, East, West and Central conferences.

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