Wales Women are left to rue missed opportunities from their three pool games in the World Cup being held in Surrey Sports Park, Guildford. They now find themselves battling for the minor positions.

Skipper Jamie Kift concedes Wales didn’t help themselves by gifting Australia and South Africa easy points – if they hadn’t they would have finished considerably higher up the rankings. As it is, they now face Sweden in their next game on Wednesday (KO 2.15pm) – a victory there would then see Wales complete their World Cup campaign in the 8th/9th play-off position.

Hosts England will face Australia in one semi final, with New Zealand taking on France in the other after a dramatic climax to the pool stages of Women’s Rugby World Cup 2010 before a sell-out crowd at Surrey Sports Park in Guildford on Saturday.

England are the top seeds after the pool stages, by virtue of a better point differential than New Zealand, after both finished with a maximum 15 points, two more than France who are the other Pool winner.

Three-time defending champions New Zealand will face France in the first semi final at the Twickenham Stoop on Wednesday before England take on Australia.

Ireland were another side in contention for the coveted semi spot, but despite beating Kazakhstan 37-3 were well short of their required point target, leaving them to battle it out for fifth to eighth places with Canada, USA and Scotland.

South Africa and Kazakhstan are the remaining two sides left alongside Wales and Sweden playing off for ninth to 12th places.