We preview the World Cup semi-finals which take place at The Stoop on Wednesday night. France play New Zealand in the first game with the Black Ferns looking to win the World Cup for the fourth time in a row while England play Australia in the later game in the evening.

Next week the Japanese women's team will be making a short tour to England with all of their games taking place in London. Japan are one of the oldest international rugby teams. They played in three of the first four World Cups and in London they will face Premiership clubs Richmond and Saracens.

Canada and the USA will meet in the battle to finish fifth at the Women's Rugby World Cup after they won their games against Scotland and Ireland. The two games were rematches of pool games last week with the USA overturning their loss at that stage and recording a big 41-0 victory.

The IRB have created a good video preview of the host nation's final game against the USA this weekend. An English win will secure them a semi-final spot. USA coach Kathy Flores and England's Maggie Alphonsi are interviewed and there is action from previous games.

New Zealand’s match against Australia in tomorrow’s Women’s Rugby World Cup is being billed as the most anticipated pool clash at this competition – but that hype may be far too generous for a game which the Black Ferns should be well good enough to win, says website editor Ali Donnelly.