Former Geelong star and popular media personality Billy Brownless has questioned if women should play AFL.
Brownless is a contestant on this season of Channel 10'sย I'm A Celebrity โฆ Get Me Out Of Here!ย alongside retired Blue Dale Thomas.
Responding to Love Island'sย Erin Barnett question on the topic of women's footy, Brownless flagged his concerns.
โI still donโt know if girls should play footy, Iโm not sure," he said on the reality program.
"I donโt know if theyโre built to play footy. Not being sexist or anything.โ
Brownless continued: โThe other things with girls, they get hurt and they havenโt been taught how to protect themselves properly. They run in and, bang, do a collarbone,โ he said, miming a collision."
The 1991 All Australian believes women will adapt to the game better as generations go by.
โThey will learn all that, because now we are seeing girls who actually grew up with football like we did and bounce a footy.
โYou go to games at halftime and there are girls kicking a footy at halftime. You never used to see that,โ he said in disbelief, adding: โI canโt believe how passionate the girls are and they just want to learn.โ
