Springbok Women aim for set-piece dominance in Spain

SPRINGBOK Women's scrum coach Laurian Johannes-Haupt feels that their powerful set-piece could once again lay the platform for a dominant performance in the Test against Spain in Elche on Saturday.

- ROWAN CALLAGHAN

The Springbok Women have established themselves as a formidable set-piece team with good success in converting their dominance in those areas into points.

There was no reason to depart from that script South Africa's first Test of the year, Johannes-Haupt suggested on Tuesday.

She will have been buoyed by another good training session at the team's base at the Bonalba Golf Resort in Alicante, where there was a lot of focus on scrumming and mauling options for the team.

The Springbok Women (12th with 66.18 World Rugby ranking points) open their international season against Spain (13th with 65.59 points) on Saturday and for Johannes-Haupt, that could play a role in their approach.