Birth Date: | 14 August 2003 |
Birth Place: | Newport, Wales |
Height Cm: | 175 |
Weight Kg: | 113 |
Ru Position: | Prop |
Clubs1: | Gloucester-Hartpury |
Points1: | 0 |
Repyears1: | 2022–Present |
Repcaps1: | 8 |
Reppoints1: | 0 |
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. She played netball, but changed to rugby.[2]
Tuipulotu plays for Gloucester-Hartpury women.[3] She replaced winger, Lisa Neumann, to make her test debut for Wales against Ireland at the 2022 Six Nations Championship.[4]
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]