Springbok women

The Springbok Women began finalising their preparations for next month's IRB Women's Rugby World Cup on Monday as the squad assembled in Cape Town for their World Cup holding camp.

After opening their pre-World Cup tour of England and France with a 20-5 victory over the Nomads, the women's rugby equivalent of the Barbarians, the Springbok Women face the same opposition on Tuesday, with a new-look line-up set to run out in the green and gold.

Springbok Women's captain Mandisa Williams says she and her team are ready to measure the quality of their game against international opposition on their Women's Rugby World Cup warm-up tour of England and France.

Former Springbok prop Lawrence Sephaka has been named the new Springbok Women's head coach, with Springbok Women's Sevens coach Renfred Dazel as assistant coach, ahead of the IRB Women's Rugby World Cup in France in August.

The Springbok women's rugby team booked their place in the 2014 IRB Women's Rugby World Cup in style by thumping Uganda 63-3 at Buffalo City Stadium in East London on Saturday.