‘Hundreds of rugby professionals’: players welcome US women’s league

Women's Elite Rugby announcement prompted caution over sheer cost of playing but leading figures see bright future

Women'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 money and resources for women's sport. But that is obviously changing."