SYDNEY: The sport of rugby league on Tuesday banned transgender players from women’s international matches while it develops a “comprehensive inclusion policy”. Its decision came a day after international swimming effectively banned transgender athletes from women’s races, placing them instead in a new “open category”. Rugby league authorities said they needed to conduct further consultations and research to finalise a new policy for 2023, citing the “welfare, legal and reputational risk” to the game and players. Until then, transgender women players “are unable to play in sanctioned women’s i…