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The Irish Sun
10-07-2025
- Sport
- The Irish Sun
Ireland hit with yet another injury blow which may rule Six Nations star out of World Cup in August
IRELAND have been hit with another injury blow as Aoife Wafer has again sustained a knee injury in the lead up to the World Cup. Ireland's Six Nations stand-out performer is now racing to get fit in time for the World Cup opener against Japan on August 24 in Northampton. Advertisement 3 Ireland had a bright start to the Six Nations but a heavy defeat to England ruled out winning chances 3 Wafer was their top performer throughout the competition 3 Scott Bemand will have a smaller pool of players to choose from for the World Cup The former Leinster backrower looks set to miss the World Cup warm-up games against Scotland on August 2 and August 9. The knee injury occurred during Despite missing the final round, the Wexford native's performances in the competition earned her Women's Six Nations Player of the Tournament. Advertisement Read more on Irish sport It was announced in May that Wafer would join up with Harlequins at the end of the Rugby World Cup. She has been with Leinster her whole professional career having led the Wolfhounds - a Leinster and Ulster combined team - to back to back Celtic Challenge Cups. The Quins were impressed with the former Enniscorthy RFC player as she was named in the 2024 World Rugby XVs Team of the Year. The 22-year-old joins key players Erin King and Dorothy Wall on the growing Ireland injury list. Advertisement Most read in Rugby Union King was ruled out of both the remainder of the Six Nations and the World Cup when suffering a knee injury - which required surgery - in Ireland's Wall World Cup dreams were also shattered during the Six Nations, sustaining an Achilles tendon injury in the final Six Nations game against Scotland. Craig Casey shares hilarious 'fear' weighing on him before captaining Ireland for first time vs Georgia Ireland's pack will be heavily weakened without three of their star players if Wafer fails to reach match fitness. Scott Bemand's side finished third in the Six Nations table for the second year in a row following a last place finish in 2023 with no points on the board. Advertisement Ireland bettered last season's Six Nations points tally by one point but saw a significant change in score difference as they went from -71 in 2024 to +5 in 2025.
The 42
10-07-2025
- Sport
- The 42
Aoife Wafer in race to be fit for Ireland's Rugby World Cup campaign
IRELAND HAVE BEEN dealt another significant injury blow ahead of the Women's Rugby World Cup, with news that Aoife Wafer has suffered a knee injury. Wafer has undergone a procedure and while it is hoped she will return at some point during the World Cup, she is now in a race to be fit for Ireland's pool fixtures, with the back rower expected to miss the World Cup warm-up games against Scotland (2 August) and Canada (9 August). Ireland open their World Cup campaign against Japan in Northampton on 24 August, before games against Spain (31 August) and New Zealand (7 September). Wafer has been one of Ireland's standout players over the last 12 months and was named Six Nations Player of the Championship earlier this year. The injury is not a recurrence of the knee problem which ruled the Wexford native out of the final round of this year's Six Nations, but will keep the Harlequins player sidelined for a number of weeks. 'She's had a procedure. It won't keep her out of the World Cup,' confirmed Ireland head coach Scott Bemand. Advertisement Wafer was this year's Six Nations Player of the Championship. Ben Brady / INPHO Ben Brady / INPHO / INPHO 'I think the World Cup warm-up games will come a little bit quickly. But there will be all things put in place to get her back into the World Cup, depending on how certain markers are met will define at which point but we're pretty optimistic with how it's gone. 'I believe she'll be fit at some point (at the World Cup). There's a few markers to get through before that but we're very confident we'll see her at the World Cup. 'It wasn't even in live rugby. Just one of those things, got hit on the side of her leg. Relatively minor procedure and hopefully she comes through it really quickly.' While Ireland are not putting a timeframe on Wafer's return to action, Bemand will hope to have the influential back row available for the final pool game against the Black Ferns in Brighton. 'It could be before that,' Bemand said. 'There's a medical piece, she's not long had this done. A few bits to jump through that but we're pretty optimistic about that (New Zealand game).' Bemand is already missing a number of key players for the World Cup, with Dorothy Wall ruled out of the tournament with an Achilles injury and Erin King sidelined with a long-term knee issue. 'She's ahead of schedule,' Bemand said of Wall, 'but what does that look like? It's unlikely to be the World Cup. 'Erin had a piece over time, no real incident or mechanism for the knee. It's a knee that perhaps had stuff going on over the last couple of years and at some point it was going to find her out and none of us knew.' The Ireland squad are now into the fifth week of their pre-World Cup training camp in Abbotstown, with Ireland men's captain Caelan Doris visiting the squad yesterday to work with the back row players. In May, defence coach Hugh Hogan left Bemand's backroom team, a change which reportedly didn't sit well with some members of the playing squad. Former Bath and Exeter Chiefs flanker James Scaysbrook replaced Hogan as defence coach. 'Generally players don't massively enjoy change one way or another, whether people leave or whether as a coaching group we make a decision to do stuff,' Bemand said. 'That's the nature of high performance sport. 'Nothing is as consistent as change in high performance sport. As a coaching group, the synergy and stuff that we were after, we made a decision that we want to add a slightly different layer to what we are. He did a great job in getting it started but the evolving growth in the group, we made a decision to bring in some of the components that James Scaysbrook can bring. Already he's starting to add, he's starting to challenge players to the next level, to the next layer. 'Certainly going into high pressure environments like the World Cup, the synergy bit is really important and we think we're in a good space now.'
The 42
22-05-2025
- Sport
- The 42
Ireland star Aoife Wafer seals Women's Premiership move to Harlequins
IRELAND RUGBY STAR Aoife Wafer is set for a move to England's Premiership after agreeing a deal with Harlequins. Wafer, 22, moves off the back of a stellar international campaign which saw her named Six Nations Player of the Championship. Advertisement The backrow, who is expected to have recovered from her recent knee injury in time for Ireland's pre-World Cup preparations, will link up with Quins after the tournament later this year. 'This league has all the star players in the world in it,' Wafer said. I want to be the best player in the world, and I can't wait to test myself out against those stars every week. Quins head coach Ross Chisholm hailed his new recruit as 'a real world-class operator'. 'We want people here who are going to fit into our environment and also feel like they belong in it and with Aoife, we feel like it's a perfect fit. 'When we are looking at recruitment, we always look at how players will fit into the Harlequins DNA, and with Aoife, it's clear that she really suits our style and the way we want to play. 'I'm delighted that she is going to be with us next season.'
RTÉ News
22-05-2025
- Sport
- RTÉ News
Ireland star Aoife Wafer to join Harlequins after World Cup
Ireland forward Aoife Wafer has joined Harlequins and will start with the Premiership Women's Rugby team following the World Cup. Named as the 2025 Six Nations player of the tournament on Monday, Wexford native Wafer makes the move from Leinster and Celtic Challenge side Wolfhounds. Ireland team-mates Edel McMahon, Dorothy Wall, Neve Jones and Clíodhna Moloney also play in the English championship. Wafer said: "The history that the club is steeped in is something that really stood out to me. "I'm really looking forward to being here and I can't wait to get going. "This league has all the star players in the world in it. "I want to be the best player in the world, and I can't wait to test myself out against those stars every week. "I was very lucky to come over to a game a few months ago and meet some of the girls and the family values were something that really stood out to me. "That's really important to me, and I know that my family will be well looked after over here as well." The 22-year-old (above) burst on to the international scene last season and was nominated for the player of the season award as well as being named on the 2024 World Rugby XVs team of the year. During this year's Six Nations she scored four tries and made 70 carries - the most of any player - for a staggering 424.7 metres, beating 17 defenders in the process, the second highest of any forward in the championship. She added: "Hopefully what people have seen on the international stage is what they'll get from me at Quins! I'm going to be working incredibly hard to be the best version of myself and hopefully that can really benefit the team, because at the end of the day, it's not about me, it's about whole team." Scott Bemand's Ireland side will play World Cup warm-ups against Scotland and Canada at the start of August. They face Japan, Spain and New Zealand in Pool C of the World Cup in August and September.
Yahoo
22-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
This lemon icebox pie is a refreshing summer sweet treat for potlucks, picnics
In warm Southern climates, nothing was more refreshing than a cool lemon pie in the fridge. It was that classic pie you'd make ahead with eggs, sweetened condensed milk and lemons, chill, and take to church. Originally a 1930s French Creole recipe out of New Orleans, it was the pie once there was refrigeration. That pie would travel to Denver, which is where Adrian Miller's mother baked it for her church gatherings. Johnetta Solomon Miller was born and in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and raised on lemon icebox pie. And so after she moved west and joined Denver's Campbell Chapel African Methodist Episcopal (which he has jokingly said stands for ''always meet and eat''), she made this sweet confection of tangy lemon filling on top of crushed vanilla wafers for church potlucks and other gatherings. It closely resembled the recipe on the back of the Eagle Brand sweetened condensed milk can. Lemon icebox pie was nothing without canned milk. And canned milk saved many a small town cook in the South because it could rest on the pantry shelf and not need refrigeration. In fact, it was born because Gail Borden, a newspaperman and surveyor, was returning from a trip to England in 1851 when he saw children dying on his ship after they were fed milk from diseased cows on board. Borden had moved south to Liberty, Mississippi, and later, Texas, for health reasons and a warmer climate. His wife and children died of yellow fever in 1844 and 1845, and afterwards, Gail Borden focused on making food safer to eat. As it turned out, the sugar in Borden's mixture helped soak up the water in the milk and inhibited the growth of bacteria. The concoction was a yellowish, sweet, thick milk and at first it didn't sell. But the U.S. government purchased it as rations for the Union Army during the Civil War, and after the war, production took off. In some places in the South, without central air conditioning — the 1950s and '60s for sure, but I recall a hot Atlanta apartment in the 1970s! — people didn't turn on their ovens to bake. I remember when aluminum ice cube trays that came with refrigerators often did double-duty and were filled with frozen icebox pies. Johnetta Miller and a lot of good Southern cooks have known the refreshing quality of a summer lemon icebox pie. Hope you enjoy this recipe from my book, "Baking in the American South." Makes: 8 servings Prep and Cook: 30 to 35 minutes Bake: 20 to 27 minutes for crust and meringue Chill: At least 4 hours For the Vanilla Wafer Crust: 6 tablespoons (3 ounces) unsalted butter 58 Vanilla Wafer or thin ginger cookies or 12 whole graham crackers (1 1/2 cups crumbs) For the filling: 4 large eggs 1 can (14 ounces) sweetened condensed milk 4 to 5 medium lemons 1/2 cup sugar Place a rack in the center of the oven, and preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Make the crust: Place the butter in a small saucepan over low heat to melt. Break the cookies or crackers into the bowl of a food processor fitted with a steel blade and pulse until crumbs, 10 to 15 seconds. (You can also smash the crumbs using a large Ziploc bag and rolling pin and mix the crust in a large bowl.) Pour the melted butter into the processor and pulse 6 to 8 times so the ingredients pull together. Press the crust mixture into the bottom and up the sides of a 9-inch pie pan, or a 1 1/2-quart casserole. Make the filling: Separate the eggs, placing the whites in a large bowl for the meringue and the yolks in a large bowl. Pour the condensed milk into the bowl with the yolks and whisk to combine well or beat with an electric mixer on low speed until well combined, 1 to 2 minutes. Wash the lemons and pat dry. Grate the zest of 1 lemon into the bowl with the yolks. Cut all the lemons in half and juice them to yield 1/2 cup lemon juice. Pour this into the bowl with the yolks, and whisk well to combine, or mix on low speed 1 minute until well incorporated. Pour into the crust, and place in the oven to bake until set, about 15 minutes. Leave the oven on. To make the meringue: Beat the egg whites at high speed with an electric mixer until foamy, 1 to 2 minutes. Continue beating, gradually adding the sugar until it forms stiff and glossy peaks, about 2 minutes more. Spoon the meringue over the top, and create swirls with a spoon or spatula. Place in the oven to brown, about 15 to 20 minutes. Remove to let cool to room temperature, 1 to 2 hours, before slicing. Chill uncovered for up to three days. ANNE BYRN is the New York Times bestselling food writer and author of Baking in the American South. She lives in Nashville, was the former food editor for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, writes the weekly newsletter Between the Layers on Substack, and is a frequent contributor to the Bitter Southerner and Southern Living. If you have questions for Anne, send them to anne@ This article originally appeared on Southern Kitchen: Easy, creamy lemon icebox pie recipe for potlucks, picnics, summer
