‘Hundreds of rugby professionals’: players welcome US women’s league
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Women’s Elite Rugby announcement prompted caution over sheer cost of playing but leading figures see bright futureWomen’s Elite Rugby, the US start-up competition announced last month, could create “hundreds of professional female rugby players in a really short time”, a US Eagles international said, heralding a “great” development for elite women’s sport.“There is skepticism,” said Emily Henrich, a Dartmouth graduate who plays center for the national team, “because worldwide there is a lack of...

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