Project Darwin has already been forced to evolve, but now it can finally get underway

NICK FRIEND: The latest revamp to the women's domestic game has been a vast piece of work, led by Beth Barrett-Wild, who admits that it has been "incredibly challenging" along the way, never more so than in the fallout to the tier-one tender process

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