Women’s Six Nations – Wales 14-40 Ireland: Win ‘huge’ but things to improve for Irish – Aoife Wafer

Ireland back row Aoife Wafer says Sunday’s 40-14 win in Wales in the Six Nations is “huge” but there are still things to improve.

Wafer was named player of the match as she scored two of Ireland’s six tries in Newport.

Forwards Linda Djougang and Dorothy Wall also touched down twice as Ireland ran out comfortable winners.

“It’s huge. We can take a lot out of that but we can also build on it,” Wafer told BBC Sport after the game.

“We gave Wales some really easy ins at the breakdown in the first half and that put us defending when we wanted to attack. So there’s a lot to build on.”

Ireland need just one point from their final fixture in Scotland to secure third place in the Six Nations table for the second year in a row.

While still a level below England, who ran out big winners in Cork in round three, Ireland have shown improvement against France in their opening and followed that up with a first away win in the tournament in four years when Scott Bemand’s side defeated Italy in Parma.

The victory over Wales was another step in the right direction, and Ireland will look to finish on a high away to Scotland, who are fourth in the table, as their World Cup preparations continue.

“Winning away is tough, so to do it in Parma and Wales, we can take a lot from it,” added Wafer.

“The crowd were brilliant, so to quieten them down and put on our own game is something we can take from it into our final match.”