Rugby pundit George Hook has said he does not think rugby is a good sport for women to play.
It follows a Facebook post by former Ireland international David Corkery which says rugby is not for women and that God did not intend for women to be smashed in a tackle.
The controversial rant has been met with some backlash.
Ireland women's rugby team had a narrow 19-17 win over Australia at the World Cup last night as Ireland hosts the 2017 World Cup.
In it, the former Munster player said: "Ladies boxing and ladies MMA are two other sports that I really find hard to view but it is not up to me to tell people what they should and shouldn’t do with their bodies.
"Maybe I’m just getting old but when I see women partake in any kind of confrontational and aggressive behaviourisms, it just doesn’t sit right with me.
"When god (if there is one) created women, he didn’t do so with the intention for them to be smashed in a tackle or punched in the face. Come to think of it, he probably didn’t design man for that purpose either!
"Anyhow, I have absolutely nothing against women in sport, in fact I think the sporting world would be a very dull and monochrome place if we didn’t have their participation, but it’s just the physicality of rugby and hand to hand combat of boxing that bothers me."
George Hook shared his opinion about women's rugby.
He said: "In my view perhaps only, and I think women's rugby is inherently a worse sport for women than boxing.
"The reason I don’t think rugby is a good sport for women, but I would die to defend their right to play it, if they want to play it as long as they are aware of the inherent danger, then they are fully entitled to play it."
Here is David Corkery's Facebook post in full: