Ireland back-rower Aoife Wafer has emerged as a major injury concern for the start of the Women’s Rugby World Cup next month. The 2025 Six Nations player of the championship has sustained another knee injury that required a procedure and she is set to miss Ireland’s two warm-up games next month. That leaves Wafer in a battle to be fit for the opening World Cup pool game against Japan in Northampton on Sunday, August 24 and possibly the meeting with Spain a week later.