| Date of birth | 14 August 2003 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Place of birth | Newport, Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 113 kg (249 lb; 17 st 11 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sisilia Tuipulotu (born 14 August 2003) is a Welsh rugby union player. She plays prop for Wales internationally and for Gloucester-Hartpury in the Premier 15s competition.
Tuipulotu's father, Sione Tuʻipulotu, played for Tonga, winning 29 caps between 1997 and 2008, and played in Wales for Caerphilly RFC (2001–2003) and the Newport Gwent Dragons (2003–2006), while her cousin Carwyn Tuipulotu plays for the Scarlets. [1]
Tuipulotu is studying at University of Gloucestershire. [2] She played netball, but changed to rugby. [3]
Tuipulotu plays for Gloucester-Hartpury women. [3] [4] She replaced winger, Lisa Neumann, to make her test debut for Wales against Ireland at the 2022 Six Nations Championship. [2]
Tuipulotu also competed at the 2023 Women's Six Nations Championship. [5] On 25 March, she was named "player of the match" against Ireland. [6]
Sione Mone Tu'ipulotu is a Tongan rugby union footballer. His usual position is at scrum-half, but he can also play as a fullback.
Ross Moriarty is an international rugby union player, who currently plays for Brive. Moriarty has represented Wales and England U20.
Dyddgu Hywel is a Welsh rugby union player who plays fullback for the Gloucester Hartpury and the Wales women's national rugby union team. She won her first international cap against Ireland at the 2013 Women's Six Nations Championship. Outside of rugby, she is a lecturer for the Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol at Cardiff Metropolitan University.
Cerys Hale is a Welsh Rugby Union professional player who plays prop for the Wales women's national rugby union team and Gloucester Hartpury. She made her debut for Wales in 2016 and represented them at the 2021 Women's Six Nations Championship.
Shona Powell-Hughes is a Welsh Rugby Union professional player who plays prop for the Wales women's national rugby union team and Gloucester Hartpury. She made her debut for the Wales national squad in 2010 as the youngest member of the team at the time, and represented them at the 2021 Women's Six Nations Championship.
Louis Rees-Zammit is a Welsh professional American football running back for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL). He is also a former rugby union player who had played as a winger for Gloucester in the English Premiership. He played for Wales at an international level, scoring 14 tries in 32 caps. Rees-Zammit won the 2021 Six Nations Championship with Wales and he was subsequently named in the squad for the 2021 British & Irish Lions tour to South Africa.
Carwyn Tuipulotu is a Welsh rugby union player, currently playing for United Rugby Championship and European Rugby Champions Cup side Scarlets. His preferred position is flanker or number 8.
Siwan Lillicrap is a Welsh rugby union player who plays as a lock or number 8 for Gloucester-Hartpury and the Wales national team. Lillicrap made her debut for Wales in 2016, and captained the team at the 2020, 2021 and 2022 Women's Six Nations Championship.
Ellie Tea Kildunne is an English rugby union player. She is a member of the England women's national rugby union team and plays for Harlequins Women at club level.
Kerin Lake is a Welsh rugby union player who plays centre for Gloucester-Hartpury Women of the Premier 15s and the Wales women's national rugby union team. She made her debut for Wales in 2011 and has played for the national team 29 times, scoring four tries. Lake gives administrator support to Tonna Hospital's mental health staff while continuing her rugby career.
Robyn Olivia Wilkins is a Welsh rugby union player who has played either centre, fly-half or full-back for the Wales women's national rugby union team and Exeter Chiefs of the Premier 15s.
Hannah Jones is a Welsh Rugby Union professional player who plays centre for the Wales women's national rugby union team and Gloucester Hartpury. She made her debut for the Wales national squad in 2015 and represented them at the 2021 Women's Six Nations Championship.
Kelsey Jade Jones is a Welsh Rugby Union professional player who plays hooker for the Wales women's national rugby union team and Gloucester Hartpury in the Premier 15s.
Lisa Neumann is a Welsh Rugby Union player who plays wing for the Wales women's national rugby union team and Harlequins. Neumann made her international debut in 2018, and represented the Wales squad at the 2021 Women's Six Nations Championship.
Gwen Crabb is a Welsh Rugby Union player. She plays second row for Wales internationally and for Gloucester-Hartpury in the Premier 15s.
Cara Hope is a Welsh Rugby Union professional player who plays prop for the Wales women's national rugby union team and for Gloucester Hartpury in the Premier 15s.
Robyn Lock is a Welsh Rugby Union player who plays hooker for the Wales women's national rugby union team and Gloucester Hartpury. She made her debut for the Wales national squad in 2019 and represented them at the 2021 Women's Six Nations Championship.
Megan Davies is a Welsh Rugby Union player who plays scrum half for the Wales women's national rugby union team and Bristol Bears. She made her debut for the Wales national squad in 2021, representing the team at the 2021 Women's Six Nations Championship. Davies was selected for wales women’s nation rugby union team in 2023 to tour New Zealand in the WXV1 tournament.
The 2023 Women's Six Nations Championship, known as the TikTok Women's Six Nations for marketing purposes, was the 22nd series of the Women's Six Nations Championship, an annual women's rugby union competition between England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales. It began on 25 March and concluded on 29 April 2023.
Louie Hennessey is a Welsh rugby union player who plays for Bath as a centre.
