NEWS EXTRA

PROP Liz Crake and flanker Maddie Feaunati have been rewarded for their fine performances this season with full-time England contracts for 2024-25.
Of the 32 players who have been awarded contracts, 29 featured in the Red Roses’ Grand Slam-winning Six Nations triumph in April.
Saracens No.8 Poppy Cleall, who has 65 caps, drops out of the squad, as does Bristol’s Amber Reed and Gloucester-Hartpury’s Emma Sing.
“This Red Roses group is extremely competitive,” said Charlie Hayter, England’s head of women’s performance.
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