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Professional player contracts are to be introduced in English womens rugby for the 15-a-side game.A total of 48 contracts will be available next season, including 16 full-time deals that will concentrate on the sports 15-a-side element. England Women first awarded contracts in October 2014, when 20 were given to sevens players only.The new arrangement will also feature 16 part-time, three-day-a-week contracts with a sevens focus, with an additional 16 short-term deals that will allow players to attend residential camps ahead of major tournaments such as the World Cup and Six Nations, England Women announced.It is all part of a drive towards Englands World Cup defence next year.Rugby Football Union chief executive Ian Ritchie said: The RFU is committed to supporting the growth of womens rugby.We are immensely proud of England Womens achievements, and we want to provide the best support to continue this success.More women and girls in this country are playing rugby than ever before, and England Women are important role models to encourage more people to try our sport.Full-time contract recipients will be announced in September, when the deals also come into effect, with the majority of players concentrating on 15s being released to play club rugby throughout the season.RFU head of womens performance Nicky Ponsford added: This is a really exciting time for womens rugby in England.We will have more contracted players than ever before to give us the best possible chance of retaining the World Cup in Ireland next August. We also recognise that the sevens programme is important again next year, with the World Sevens series and qualification for Rugby World Cup Sevens in 2018.The girls have proven that they are among the best in the world, delivering consistent results across both the sevens and 15s games already this year, and we want to focus on building on that. Pita Taumoepenu Jersey .ca! Hi Kerry, Heres an interesting one. I know its common knowledge that all players are responsible for their sticks. We witnessed that when Zack Kassian hit Edmontons Sam Gagner in the face after a missed check. Tanner Vallejo Jersey . MORITZ, Switzerland -- Fog prevented downhill racers from getting their Olympic dress rehearsal. http://www.cheaparizonacardinalsjerseysauthentic.com/?tag=authentic-darius-philon-jersey . - The Washington Redskins have cut defensive lineman Adam Carriker and punter Sav Rocca. D.J. Foster Jersey . PETERSBURG, Fla. A.J. Richardson Jersey . -- Edmontons Val Sweeting is two wins away from a trip to Winnipeg to play in Canadas Road of the Rings in December. LAS VEGAS -- These are ESPN Chalks weekly NFL betting recaps for every Sunday game -- with an emphasis on the word betting.Sometimes its clear from the opening kickoff that a team is going to win and/or cover the spread. Other times it looks like one team is going to coast to victory when the other one rallies, causing bettors to wonder how they could have possibly lost that game and crying bad beat! And, of course, there are the back-and-forth, 50-50 games that are virtual coin flips.This new column, which will also include my takeaways from each game, will separate the different kind of point-spread results from each week, and is intended to be a quick overview for those who have to work on NFL Sundays or otherwise arent able to watch all the games.So lets run down Sundays Week 3 action:Notte: Well point out crazy over/under results, but this is primarily a recap of the against-the-spread (ATS) results.ddddddddddddBad Beats (clearly wrong sides)Indianapolis (-1.5) in 26-22 home win over San DiegoThe