America's First Women's Professional Rugby League Scheduled for 2025

United states’ 1st women's professional rugby league is looking forward to start six to eight containing 30-players in the year 2025. The organizers made the announcements on April 10, 2024. Women's Elite Rugby has also declared that the private investors shall offer salaries in addition to full time front office staff but the locations for teams are not yet decided.

Jessica Hammond-Graf shall serve as the president of Women's Elite Rugby (WER). She is an assistant professor at Castleton University and the co-founder of Ten Eyck Brewing Company which was founded in the year 2020. Prior to joining Castleton, she was the Deputy athletic director at University of Maryland Baltimore County.

Jessica said in a statement, “The mission of the WER is to be the defining standard of rugby in the United States. We are so proud of everything the WPL has done since 2009 to become such a strong blueprint for us, and we’re ready to take our bold, exciting, and empowering sport to the next level.”

According to WER, it anticipates to put together the triumph of amateur Women’s Premier League although the league’s pay-to-play, cross-country model shall not sustain for a long time. Additionally, WPL team has been invited by WER to join the startup for the inaugural season.