Players 'put Their Hands Up' For World Cup - Bemand

Ireland caput coach Scott Bemand says he has not yet finalised his squad for nan Women's Rugby World Cup.

After a comeback triumph complete Scotland past week, Ireland were beaten by Canada successful their last warm-up lucifer earlier nan tourney that starts successful England successful 2 weeks' time.

But aft a beardown second-half capacity against nan broadside classed number 2 successful nan world, Bemand said he was "delighted" that players are still fighting for a spot successful nan last 32-player squad that will beryllium announced connected Monday.

"There's a batch of girls that put their hands up which is really pleasing," Bemand told BBC Sport NI.

"The girls are really getting utilized to performing pinch that pressure. It's nan quality of what we do. In elite sport, there's ever a selection.

"You're ever competing, and I deliberation complete nan past 2 years we've surely sewage amended successful that space."

Ireland person already mislaid influential forwards Erin King and Dorothy Wall to wounded for nan World Cup, while Aoife Wafer did not characteristic successful either warm-up fixture.

Bemand, though, is pleased pinch nan extent that has built successful his panel.

"As that 2nd half showed, we've sewage much than conscionable a 15 - we've sewage a squad and group that tin travel connected and make differences to a game," he added.

"We're going to return banal of it now and past we'll spot who is successful nan pouring cookware to get to nan World Cup."

Ireland look Japan successful their opening World Cup crippled successful Northampton connected Sunday, 24 August.

They will past person further Pool C games against Spain and reigning champions New Zealand arsenic they look to advancement to nan knockout phase.

Despite having conscionable 2 warm-up games successful nan lead up to nan tournament, Bemand refuted suggestions that Ireland will not beryllium lucifer crisp for nan Japan crippled successful a fortnight's time.

"I don't deliberation we're undercooked. I deliberation we're right. I deliberation we've travel retired comparatively good physically," said Bemand, who antecedently worked arsenic an adjunct coach pinch England.

"If you look astatine it, we're astir to spell into a title that's six weeks agelong if we get to nan extremity truthful we're going to request our group, we're going to request fresh and caller bodies that are fresh and prepared to play, truthful nan much you return retired yourself now, you've sewage to usage title to build arsenic well.

"I've had nan use of being progressive successful nan past 2 World Cups and person benignant of learned a batch from that. We're not peaking yet, but we surely will beryllium peaking arsenic we spell done nan World Cup."