Irish Rugby star, Aoife Wafer, recently crowned Guinness Rugby Writers of Ireland Women’s 15s Player of the Year 2024 and named in the World Dream Team at the 2024 World Rugby Awards, has been appointed an Opel brand ambassador at Ferrybank Motors, Main Opel Dealer, and presented with a new Opel Mokka.
A proud sponsor of Irish Rugby and the official car partner to the IRFU, Opel Ireland and the team at Ferrybank Motors, warmly welcome Aoife to her new ambassador role at the Main Opel Dealer in Wexford.
Aoife joins her Irish rugby teammates, Amee Leigh Murphy Crowe, Stacey Flood, Linda Djougang, Aoife Dalton and Beibhinn Parsons, as an Opel brand ambassador.
Aoife, from Ballygarrett, County Wexford, a physiotherapy student at UCD, started playing rugby at Gorey RFC at the very young age of six, initially playing for the boys’ team, before switching to the U15s girls, then moving to Enniscorthy RFC at the U16s level.
Aoife played for Blackrock College and Leinster Rugby where she was U18s captain for both 15s and 7s, before becoming the first women’s Ireland captain at U18s level in 2020, when she was just 16. Earning her first Ireland cap in a 29-8 win against Italy in 2022, talented Aoife has flourished, illustrating incredible tenacity and flexibility, switching from flanker to number eight for Ireland’s attacking scrums.
Competing at the 2024 Guinness Women’s Six Nations Championship, Aoife was nominated Ireland’s player of the tournament, seeing her country finish third in the championship to qualify for the 2025 Rugby World Cup. Selected to compete at the WXV1 tournament in Canada in September, she scored twice in an unforgettable game as they beat New Zealand.
Indeed, 2024 has been a glittering year for 21-year-old Aoife. Propelled to rugby-stardom and named in the World Dream Team at the 2024 World Rugby Awards in Monaco, Aoife closes the year with the Guinness Rugby Writers of Ireland’s Women’s 15s Player of the Year title, adding more accolades to her Leinster Young Player of the Year, the Rugby Players’ Ireland Player of the Year and Young Player of the Year 2024 titles.
Wendy O’Rourke, Ferrybank Motors Director said: “As official Car Partner to the IRFU, Opel continues to strengthen its commitment to both Irish rugby at every level: club level, nationally and internationally. We are delighted to announce Aoife’s ambassador appointment at Ferrybank Motors Opel, yet another demonstration of our particular support for the Women’s 7s and XVs teams.”
She continued: “Aoife’s rugby flair and sheer determination have seen her rise speedily to the very top of her game. I welcome her warmly to Team Opel and I wish her continued success in her rugby career and for the forthcoming Guinness Women’s Six Nations Championships next spring and for the 2025 Rugby World Cup campaign.”
Speaking at the presentation of her new Opel Mokka, at Ferrybank Motors, Aoife said: “I am delighted to be given this opportunity to be an Opel ambassador and I am thrilled with my new Opel Mokka. Huge thanks to John, Leslie and Wendy at Ferrybank Motors, for their support and their faith in me. I am so looking forward to working with Team Opel in my new role.”
