And the union explained: “This means players, regardless of whether they are supported by Scottish Rugby or not, are paid for the time in camp preparing for Test matches – and match fees if selected to play.”<\/p>\n
Performance director David Nucifora commented: “Performance is all about decision making and the process to identify players for support reflects that. These decisions are made carefully and with the future in mind.<\/p>\n
“The door remains open for Scotland selection; contracts are just one part of the picture.”<\/p>\n
Other Scottish-based players given new contracts include Holland Bogan, Emily Coubrough, Nicole Flynn, Merryn Gunderson, Emily Norval and Aila Ronald.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Ceitidh Ainsworth, Poppy Fletcher, Megan Hyland, Poppy Mellanby, Sky Phimister, Imogen Spence and Talei Tawake are listed as being on “development” support.<\/p>\n
The Scottish-based players with contracts are connected to club sides and the women’s teams of Edinburgh and Glasgow Warriors.<\/p>\n
Managing director of women’s rugby Gemma Fay said: “Securing the financial commitment to expand the number of supported players is a clear sign of Scottish Rugby’s belief in the potential of this group and the future of the game, particularly as we begin a new Rugby World Cup cycle.<\/p>\n
“We’re focused on creating the right environments locally in Scotland where players can train, play and recover at a high level.”<\/p>\n
Nucifora added: “It’s important that we make a prompt and purposeful start to the new Rugby World Cup programme.<\/p>\n
“These one-year contracts allow us to give younger players the opportunity to grow, as well as flexibility as the women’s game evolves.<\/p>\n
“The Celtic Challenge will be a key part of that and we’re now focused on putting the right people and structures in place to ensure both teams can perform and develop successfully.”<\/p>\n
The Celtic Challenge, featuring Edinburgh and Glasgow, takes place from December through March.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"And the union explained: “This means players, regardless of whether they are supported by Scottish Rugby or not,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":262698,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-262697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-rugby","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262697","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=262697"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262697\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/262698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=262697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=262697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=262697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}