{"id":33335,"date":"2025-08-10T19:51:43","date_gmt":"2025-08-10T19:51:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/womens-rugby-world-cup-ireland-head-coach-scott-bemand-on-squad-selection\/"},"modified":"2025-08-10T19:51:44","modified_gmt":"2025-08-10T19:51:44","slug":"womens-rugby-world-cup-ireland-head-coach-scott-bemand-on-squad-selection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/womens-rugby-world-cup-ireland-head-coach-scott-bemand-on-squad-selection\/","title":{"rendered":"Women’s Rugby World Cup: Ireland head coach Scott Bemand on squad selection"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Ireland head coach Scott Bemand says he has not yet finalised his squad for the Women’s Rugby World Cup.<\/b><\/p>\n

After a comeback win over Scotland last week, Ireland were beaten by Canada<\/a> in their final warm-up match before the tournament, which starts in England in two weeks’ time.<\/p>\n

But after a strong second-half performance against the side ranked number two in the world, Bemand said he was “delighted” that players are still fighting for a place in the final 32-player squad that will be announced on Monday.<\/p>\n

“There’s a lot of girls that put their hands up, which is really pleasing,” Bemand told BBC Sport NI.<\/p>\n

“The girls are actually getting used to performing with that pressure. It’s the nature of what we do. In elite sport, there’s always a selection. <\/p>\n

“You’re always competing, and I think over the last two years we’ve certainly got better in that space.”<\/p>\n

Ireland have already lost influential forwards Erin King and Dorothy Wall to injury for the World Cup, while Aoife Wafer did not feature in either warm-up fixture.<\/p>\n

Bemand, though, is pleased with the depth that has built in his panel.<\/p>\n

“As that second half showed, we’ve got more than just a 15 – we’ve got a squad and people that can come on and make differences to a game,” he added.<\/p>\n

“We’re going to take stock of it now and then we’ll see who is in the melting pot to get to the World Cup.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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