Transgender footballer up for draft in the Australian Football League’s women’s division.

A first-ever ruling on whether transgender players can participate in the AFL Women’s competition will be made before the code’s draft announcement.

The decision will come after 27-year-old Hannah Mouncey nominated herself for the draft. Mouncey, who underwent hormone treatment after the Rio Olympics, has been playing in Canberra’s Ainslie Tricolours in the local AFL Women’s competition, where she was deemed eligible to play.