Crake & Feaunati receive Red Rose contracts

The Rugby Paper Team

2 months ago

Categories: News Extra

Tags: Bristol, England, Exeter Chiefs, France, Gloucester, Harlequins, Leicester, New Zealand, Premium, Saracens, Six Nations

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.

“Everyone involved in the programme is dedicated to the journey that lies ahead, striving towards a common purpose of growing the game in this country and to contest the right to be successful at next year's home Rugby World Cup.”

Transition contracts have been offered to eight players including Mia Venner, 22, who, aged 17, was the youngest player to win a Roses cap.

England next play against France (September 7) and New Zealand (September 14), before heading to Canada (September 27 – October 13) to defend their WXV1 title.

CONTRACTED PLAYERS

Holly Aitchison (Bristol), Zoe Aldcroft (Gloucester-Hartpury), Lark Atkin-Davies (Bristol), Sarah Beckett (Gloucester-Hartpury), Sarah Bern (Bristol), Hannah Botterman (Bristol), Jess Breach (Saracens), Mackenzie Carson (Gloucester-Hartpury), Kelsey Clifford (Saracens), Amy Cokayne (Leicester), Liz Crake (Trailfinders), Abby Dow (Trailfinders), Maddie Feaunati (Exeter), Rosie Galligan (Saracens), Zoe Harrison (Saracens), Tatyana Heard (Gloucester-Hartpury), Natasha Hunt (Gloucester-Hartpury), Megan Jones (Leicester), Sadia Kabeya (Loughborough), Ellie Kildunne (Harlequins), Alex Matthews (Gloucester-Hartpury), Claudia MacDonald (Exeter), Maud Muir (Gloucester-Hartpury), Cath O'Donnell (Loughborough), Lucy Packer (Harlequins), Marlie Packer (Saracens), Connie Powell (Harlequins), Helena Rowland (Loughborough), Emily Scarratt (Loughborough Lightning), Morwenna Talling (Sale), Abbie Ward (Bristol), Ella Wyrwas (Saracens)

TRANSITION PLAYERS

Maisy Allen (Exeter), Katie Buchanan (Exeter), Grace Clifford (Loughborough), Steph Else (Gloucester-Hartpury), Lizzie Hanlon (Exeter Chiefs), Lilli Ives Cam-pion (Loughborough Lightning), Nancy McGillivary (Exeter Chiefs), Mia Venner (Gloucester-Hartpury)