Ireland’s Aoife Wafer has been named the 2026 Guinness Women’s Six Nations Player of the Championship, becoming the first player to win the award in back-to-back years. Her outstanding individual performances helped Ireland finish third in this year’s Championship. Wafer joined an all start cast on the shortlist for this year’s prestigious award, with competition
Harlequins Women have confirmed that Guinness Women’s Six Nations Player of the Championship Nominee Aoife Wafer has re-signed with the Club. Irish number 8 Wafer joined Harlequins at the start of the 25/26 season, after being crowned as the 2025 Guinness Women’s Six Nations Player of the Tournament and featuring at the Rugby World Cup
News that Aoife Wafer’s knee injury makes it unlikely she will recover in time for the World Cup is disastrous for her and her nation. Even the knock-out stages in eight weeks’ time make a full recovery highly unlikely. With this latest misfortune Ireland lose a third vital member of the back five. We already
Harlequins Women have announced the arrival of Irish international Aoife Wafer. The 22-year-old joins the Club with a stellar resume, having been named as the Guinness Women’s Six Nations Player of the Championship for 2025, after also being nominated in 2024. She was also named in the 2024 World Rugby XVs Team of the Year
The all-action Number-Eight claimed 41% of the fan vote to win this year’s Guinness Player of the Championship award Wafer was shortlisted alongside England winger Abby Dow, France second-row Manaé Feleu and Scotland back-row Evie Gallagher The shortlisted nominees are based on performance statistics from the five rounds of the Women’s Championship, as well as
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