It additionally mentioned discussions with senior feminine gamers “have been progressing nicely, while respecting the outcomes will have an effect on each particular person in a different way”.
The governing physique added: “Scottish Rugby has dedicated to offering affirmation of what the high-performance programme will appear like by the tip of June, at which period the gamers might be suggested of the subsequent steps within the contracting course of, with particular person conferences scheduled, and contracts concluded, in July forward of the Rugby World Cup.”
In 2022, Scottish Rugby introduced, exterior that 28 gamers can be supplied skilled contracts.
It stays unclear what number of gamers past the 15 already on 12-month contracts might be supplied new offers.
Many of the Scotland coaching squad even have contracts with their membership sides, nearly all of that are PWR sides in England.
Though that league does pay its gamers, it isn’t a totally skilled league and most gamers mix enjoying with jobs or training.
If some Scotland gamers usually are not supplied contracts past October, the supply claims they are going to be left “job looking or doing interviews throughout pre-season and throughout the World Cup”.
A bunch of gamers are understood to have approached the Ladies’s Rugby Affiliation (WRA) for recommendation. The WRA supported the Wales Ladies in 2024 following a long-running contract dispute with the Welsh Rugby Union.
When approached by the BBC, the WRA was unable to verify its place on representing the Scotland Ladies.
The Scotland ladies do have some illustration from the Rugby Gamers Scotland union, however a spokesperson confirmed that it solely includes issues within the “collective curiosity” – for example, agreeing a maternity coverage for gamers. This doesn’t presently embrace any particular person contract negotiations.
Rugby Gamers Scotland informed BBC Sport: “Rugby Gamers Scotland are working with our members to develop the collective pursuits {of professional} ladies’s rugby in Scotland in collaboration with Scottish Rugby.”
