Wholesale changes to Springbok Women's team to face England

Only eight of the run-on XV that lost in the last minute of their pool clash to Fiji last weekend will start when the Springbok women face England in their final Pool C clash at the 2022 Rugby World Cup.  

Stanley Raubenheimer's charges take on the top-ranked side in the world at Waitakere Stadium in Auckland on Sunday at 06:45 (SA time). 

Team captain and lock Nolusindiso Booi, props Babalwa Latsha and Sanelisiwe Charlie, No 8 Aseza Hele, scrumhalf Tayla Kinsey and wing Nomawethu Mabenge will remain in their positions from last week. 

There are positional switches for Nadine Roos, who moves from fullback to wing, and Simamkele Namba from wing to outside centre. 

Eloise Webb will start at fullback and Zenay Jordaan at flyhalf after both played off the bench against France and Fiji, while inside centre Chumisa Qawe will earn a first start in the tournament. 

In the pack, Lerato Makua and Lusanda Dumke will form a new-look loose forward combination with Hele after both played off the bench last weekend, while Roseline Botes comes in for Lindelwa Gwala at hooker, the only injury-enforced change to the team. 

Catha Jacobs, who played off the bench against France, will start at lock alongside Booi, with the Saracens player making her first run-on appearance at the tournament. 

The replacements also feature a host of new players, as Raubenheimer opted to give everyone in the 32-player squad some playing time. 

Front row replacements Yonela Ngxingolo, Micke Gunter and Aziza Mkiva, lock Nompumelelo Mathe, scrumhalf Rumandi Potgieter, midfielder Jakkie Cilliers and outside back Chuma Qawe will be involved for the first time in New Zealand. 

"We have always planned to give everyone a run if possible – all 32 players who came here were