Ireland’s Aoife Wafer making her presence felt: We have to own our mistakes and fix them

Ireland's Aoife Wafer tries to fend off Italy's Veronica Madia during their Six Nations clash at the RDS. Photo: Harry Murphy/Sportsfile

Sinéad Kissane

Aoife Wafer thinks there are upsides and downsides to wearing a distinctive red scrum-cap on the pitch because she’s easily spotted. But it’s certainly come with pluses in the past few weeks for one of Ireland’s stand-out players in this Women’s Six Nations.

The Wexford back-rower has delivered eye-catching moments in the opening rounds even against the backdrop of two defeats. Wafer might wear a scrum-cap, but her cover as a relative newcomer has been blown.