Meiring is one of nine players who will play in their second tournament, surviving from the 2006 tournament in Canada, where the team finished in eighth place.

Mandisa Williams of Eastern Province will lead the South African women to the United Kingdom.

The 2010 SA Women’s Rugby World Cup squad is (in alphabetical order):

Backs: Aimee Barrett (Western Province, fullback), Saloma Booysen (Eastern Province, scrumhalf), Lorinda Brown (Eastern Province, centre), Phumeza Gadu (Eastern Province, wing), Zenay Jordaan (Eastern Province, flyhalf), Charmaine Kayser (Eastern Province, centre), Yolanda Meiring (Blue Bulls, fullback), Zandile Nojoko (Eastern Province, fullback), Fundiswa Plaatjie (Border, scrumhalf), Cherne Roberts (Western Province, scrumhalf), Daphne Scheepers (Eastern Province, centre), Ziyanda Tywaleni (Border, wing)

Forwards

Nolusindiso Booi (Border, lock), Nedene Botha (Western Province, prop), Nomathamsanqa Faleni (Eastern Province, flank), Laurian Johannes (Western Province, prop), Portia Jonga (Border, prop), Cebisa Kula (Eastern Province, prop), Dolly Mavumengwana (KwaZulu-Natal, lock), Nombulelo Mayongo (Free State, flank), Onicca Moaga (SANDF, lock), Lamla Momoti (Eastern Province, flank), Cynthia Poswa (Western Province, hooker), Donna Sidumbu (Eastern Province, hooker), Namhla Siyolo (Eastern Province, eigthman), Mandisa Williams (Border, flank).

?Four players from the Blue Bulls u/16 girls team also made the cut in a squad of 35 girls who will attend a High Performance camp in Port Elizabeth. The players will participate in various technical and generic programs to educate them about the rugby techniques, conditioning, mental preparation and life skills required at the top end of the sport. The players are Thembi Masombuka, Ntsako Tshauke, Nadia Kastoor and Lindiwe Mgwevu.