EMILY Scarratt has urged World Rugby and the Home Unions to throw their weight behind the inception of a Women’s British & Irish Lions team.
In March, the Lions unveiled a new partnership with Royal London that saw the life insurance and pensions firm bankroll a feasibility study into the formation of a women’s side to follow in the tradition of the Lions men’s team in touring overseas.
World Rugby chairman Bill Beaumont has stated his intention to see the women’s game grow and Scarratt – the 2019 World Rugby women’s player of the year – believes the formation of a women’s Lions team ...