Aoife Wafer: 'As a kid growing up I dreamed of beating the Black Ferns'

Player of the Match Aoife Wafer scored two tries as her dreams of beating New Zealand come through.

DREAMS COME TRUE: Ireland’s Aoife Wafer is presented with the player of the match award. Picture: ©INPHO/Travis Prior

Head coach Scott Bemand has described Ireland’s shock defeat of New Zealand’s world champions as a “step in the right direction”. Aoife Wafer, the blindside flanker who did so much to make it happen, framed the WXV1 win in a much more historic light.

“It’s pretty indescribable, to be honest,” said the woman from Ballygarrett in rural Wexford. “It’s going to take a little while for this one to set in and we still have a few big weeks ahead, we’re competing in WXV1 and we still have to play Canada and the USA.