Scots Not Treated 'respectfully' In Contract Row

Scotland person not treated their Women's Rugby World Cup players "respectfully" complete their ongoing statement issues, says erstwhile England skipper Katy Daley-McLean.

The build-up to nan tourney has seen a conflict betwixt nan playing squad and Scottish Rugby played retired publicly while it was announced that coach Bryan Easson will beryllium leaving his role astatine nan extremity of nan tournament.

But contempt nan off-field issues, they put successful a beardown capacity connected Saturday successful Salford to hit Wales 38-8 successful their World Cup opener to put them successful pinch a chance of reaching nan knockout stages.

"Players are much powerful now and nan powerfulness Scotland person is that they person everyone's interest," Daley-McLean told nan BBC Rugby Union Weekly podcast.

"People opportunity nan women's crippled needs to beryllium treated respectfully and astatine nan infinitesimal I would reason that Scottish Rugby haven't done that.

"That's not nan champion measurement to hole your women, but what Scotland did connected Saturday was successful spite of that, it's not because of it, and they played very well."

When news of nan statement issues emerged successful June, Scotland Rugby main executive Alex Williamson said nan business would beryllium resolved earlier nan tournament.

However, Scotland helping Rhona Lloyd told nan media astatine nan World Cup squad announcement that nan statement reached has resulted successful "more than half" of nan 32-player squad being near without contracts aft nan tournament.

Captain Rachel Malcolm described nan business arsenic "very disruptive" pinch BBC rugby national newsman Sara Orchard describing it arsenic "something that will travel them around" and an unwanted distraction.

Daley-McLean, who led England to triumph astatine nan 2014 tournament, is firmly down nan Scotland players, who look Fiji successful their 2nd excavation crippled connected Saturday.

"No players should beryllium put successful that position by their union," she went on. "You want Scotland to thrive and you want group for illustration Rachel Malcolm to spell connected and person an awesome World Cup.

"The rumor is should these conversations beryllium had six weeks retired from a World Cup and putting their girls successful a position wherever they are nan ones who person to woody pinch it.

"He [Alex Williamson] is not coming retired and being interviewed, it is Rachel Malcolm who is having to travel retired and asked to take sides nan decision."