Women’s Rugby World Cup: Ireland’s Aoife Wafer ‘definitely not’ ruled out of tournament, says coach

When pressed if Wafer was in a race against time to recover in time for the tournament in England, Fogarty responded: “No, we’re quite confident that she will play some part in the World Cup, which is really, really pleasing.

“At the moment she’s tracking really well. It’s just making sure it’s right for her when she comes back into it.”

Ireland have been hit by injury setbacks in the build-up to the World Cup, with forwards Erin King and Dorothy Wall ruled out.

“There’s no doubt about it, losing three key players like that has been difficult,” added Fogarty.

“But that’s the nature of the game. We’ve had Sam [Monaghan] coming back in, which is a big addition for us and there’s been other girls coming through which have impressed us throughout the camp.

“Injuries like that, they’re always going to come. They’re not ideal going into a World Cup but it’s something we have to deal with and adapt with and that’s what we’ve done over the last couple of weeks.”