HEN DANNAH O’Brien banged over the conversion of Erin King’s late, late try against the Black Ferns in WXV1 in September, the scenes of delirium in the Irish camp befitted a side that made history. This was their most seismic victory in years, a five-tries-to-three epic featuring two tries apiece from Erin King, the outstanding 21-year-old back-row, and Aoife Wafer, the brilliant 21-year-old openside.
At 27-27, it all came down to O’Brien, the 21-year-old fly-half. When she put over the extras and won the Test, it immediately went down as one of the great Irish rugby moments of recent years. It was Ireland’s third victory in a row against a top-ten nation, the first time they’d put together a run like that since 2017, and it came off the back…
