It is (at the elite level). Swimming, aths, diving, equestrian, dressage, (track and road) cycling, sailing (as of 2024) and obviously motor sport are all sort of… On the verge of merging, not in the sense of “men and women compete against each other directly, individually” (for half of those they do), but in the sense that… Well it’s sort of like the girl in this Gridiron team - it’s one team, with both men and women in it…

But at the amateur/rural level? Mixed teams are pretty ubiquitous in all non-contact sports, and that woman in the SANFL was a test case where I suspect we will eventually see women “making up the numbers” in some positions in local, rural teams, at least in Aussie Rules…

As long as they can actually play ok, don’t get injured too easily, and don’t play the sex card/try to sue the league if and when they do, I am unironically ok with that…

I’ve played water polo (contact), netball (yeah yeah), basketball, friggin touch rugby and ultimate frisbee with women as an adult. Amateur, obviously. It was really no biggy. We were just happy to have a full team!!