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BBC News
23-07-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Wales hooker Jones to win 50th cap against Wallaroos
First Test - Australia v WalesVenue: Ballymore Stadium, Queensland Date: Saturday, 26 July Kick-Off: 05;00 BST Head coach Sean Lynn, still seeking his first win in charge of Wales, said: "This is an exciting Wales side."Australia are ranked sixth the world rankings and will be a stern test but the whole squad have worked hard during pre-season and now it's time to show that on the field."Kelsey Jones wins her 50th Cap for Wales and I know what that achievement means to her and her family."Having Sisilia Tuipulotu back is a major boost and a credit to her and all the staff in getting her back fit to play after missing the Six Nations."To have six players aged 21 or under named in the matchday squad shows the talent we have coming through in Wales and this selection is an exciting one with the 2025 Rugby World Cup on the horizon."Wales travel to Sydney to face Australia for the second Test at North Sydney Oval on Friday, 1 August ahead of the World Cup in England. Kelsey Jones will win her 50th Wales cap in the first of two Tests against Australia in Queensland on Callender skippers the side having recently named co-captain for the tour and the upcoming World Cup alongside fellow flanker Kate is rested for the first Test against the Wallaroos while prop Sisilia Tuipulotu is included on the bench after missing the 2025 Women's Six half Seren Lockwood, prop Katherine Baverstock and lock Tilly Vucaj are set to make their Wales debuts off the bench. Wales: Nel Metcalfe, Jasmine Joyce, Hannah Dallavalle, Courtney Keight, Lisa Neumann, Lleucu George, Keira Bevan; Maisie Davies, Kelsey Jones, Donna Rose, Alaw Pyrs, Gwen Crabb, Georgia Evans, Bethan Lewis, Alex Callender (captain)Replacements: Molly Reardon, Katherine Baverstock, Sisilia Tuipulotu, Tilly Vucaj, Bryonie King, Seren Lockwood, Kayleigh Powell, Carys Cox
BBC News
21-07-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
My body wanted me to rest - Tuipulotu now raring to go
Women's two-Test series: Australia v WalesVenue: Ballymore, Brisbane Date: Saturday, 26 July Kick-off: 05:00 BSTCoverage: Watch on BBC Sport online and BBC iPlayer, listen on Radio Wales, Radio Cymru and BBC Sounds Wales prop Sisilia Tuipulotu says she is a firm believer that everything happens for a reason and is now raring to go on her return to 21-year-old missed the end of Gloucester-Hartpury's title winning season with a hamstring was also sidelined for the Women's Six Nations, swapping the scrum for pundit mics and DJ decks while recovering from surgery."It was the first big injury I've ever had, it was a big struggle," said Tuipulotu."But the girls really helped, they were all there and in return I was there supporting them."I'm a massive believer that anything can happen at any time, I guess my body just wanted me to rest and get back raring to go for the World Cup." Tuipulotu has travelled with the Wales squad to Australia ahead of a two-Test tour against the Wallaroos, starting with Saturday's game in Brisbane."I'm doing everything I can to return to play, I'm as ready as I can be," said the are still looking for a first win under head coach Sean Lynn after five straight Six Nations face an Australian side four places above them in World Rugby's rankings, but Tuipulotu is confident they can be competitive after a brutal pre-season."It's been tough, we've been training in the heat, climbing up sand dunes and going into army camps, but we've got to put our bodies in uncomfortable positions in order to be comfortable in the game," she said."I think it will be a good test before the World Cup, just to see where we are at as a team."We've got to take confidence in all the work that we've done in this pre-season and just go out and be us." On their return to the UK, Lynn's side will have just three weeks to prepare for the World Cup opener against Scotland on 23 is a game that historically has gone down to the wire, with the teams also meeting in the opener of the last World have come out on top in the most recent meetings, but Tuipulotu believes Wales can make it out of Group A, which also contains Canada and Fiji - the latter now coached by Lynn's predecessor Ioan Cunningham. "We're preparing as hard as we can for that first game against Scotland, it's going to be a tough battle between the two," said Tuipulotu."We're always competitive whenever we play against each other, I have full confidence that we can do it."
BBC News
08-07-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Tuipulotu returns for Wales' Tests in Australia
Prop Sisilia Tuipulotu returns to the Wales squad for a two-Test series in Australia this summer, having missed this year's Six Nations following surgery on a hamstring head coach Sean Lynn has also included three uncapped players in a 30-player squad to face the Wallaroos in Brisbane on Saturday, 26 July and in Sydney on Friday, 1 Seren Lockwood, prop Katherine Baverstock and lock Tilly Vucaj are in line to make senior debuts having played for Wales U18s and U20s."Having Sisilia back and raring to go is a real boost for all the squad, coaches and staff," said Lynn."Seren, Katherine and Tilly really deserve their selection in the squad and have impressed us all with their rugby potential and attitude during pre-season."These are the 30 players who have impressed throughout our summer training camp, and they fully deserve selection for what we know will be an exciting but tough challenge against Australia." Centre Kerin Lake (shoulder), lock Natalia John (calf) and centre Hannah Bluck (shoulder) were not considered for selection and will remain in Wales to continue their return to begin their World Cup campaign just three weeks after the second Test in Australia, with an opening game against Scotland at the Salford Community Stadium on Saturday, 23 August (14:45 BST).They take on Canada at the same venue a week later (12:00 BST) before rounding off their Pool B schedule against Fiji at Sandy Park in Exeter on Saturday, 6 September (14:45 BST).Wales finished bottom of the 2025 Six Nations for the second year running and Lynn - who took over as Wales head coach at the start of the year - says the squad travelling to Australia have something to prove."All those selected have worked hard in pre-season and understand that we need to change and have an opportunity to show what they can do ahead of RWC 2025," he said."There are still World Cup places to play for and having coached against Jo Yapp, the Wallaroos coach, before at club level, we know her team will be well prepared and provide us with two tough and physical Test matches." Wales squad Forwards:Katherine Baverstock, Maisie Davies, Gwenllian Pyrs, Donna Rose, Jenni Scoble, Sisilia Tuipulotu, Kelsey Jones, Carys Phillips, Molly Reardon, Alex Callender (co-capt), Gwen Crabb, Georgia Evans, Abbie Fleming, Bryonie King, Bethan Lewis , Alaw Pyrs, Tilly Vucaj, Kate Williams (co-capt).Backs:Keira Bevan, Meg Davies, Seren Lockwood, Lleucu George, Kayleigh Powell, Carys Cox, Hannah Jones, Courtney Keight, Jasmine Joyce, Nel Metcalfe, Lisa Neumann, Catherine Richards.
Leader Live
03-07-2025
- Sport
- Leader Live
Valiant Valkyries show off their skills with Wales stars
Members of the Valkyries U14s and U16s - North Wales girls rugby union side - were invited to the WRU National Centre of Excellence to take part in a training session with Welsh stars Alex Callendar, Sisilia Tuipulotu and Kayleigh Powell. Pictures by CHRIS WRIGHT
BBC News
02-06-2025
- General
- BBC News
Tuipulotu returns in extended Wales training squad
Prop Sisilia Tuipulotu has been named in an extended Wales training squad after missing the Women's Six Nations due to a hamstring injury that required 21-year-old Gloucester-Hartpury tight-head is part of a 45-strong group named by Wales head coach Sean Lynn for this summer's tour to Australia and the 2025 Rugby World Cup in face the Wallaroos in a two Test series, beginning on 26 July in Brisbane before the second international on 1 August in squad will be trimmed to 30 players before Wales leave for Australia, with a final World Cup squad named after the bulk of the training squad includes all of the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) contracted players, with Ffion Lewis, Carys Williams-Morris, Meg Webb, and Niamh Terry not selected as their contracts have faces include flanker Lucy Isaac, props Katherine Baverstock and Stella Orrin, lock Tilly Vucaj, centres Savannah Picton-Powell and Isla McMullen, scrum-half Seren Lockwood, and back rows Chiara Pearce and Jorja Aiona. Lynn said: "Our 2025 World Cup preparation starts here, and we are excited to get back together and working hard to lay some real foundations ahead of the biggest World Cup in the history of Women's rugby."We have named some young, exciting, uncapped players who have impressed at Wales Under-20s, Wales U18s and in the Celtic Challenge, and they are part of the future Wales family and have an opportunity to learn what is required at the highest level."All of them are very much in the mix for selection for the exciting challenge of a tour to Australia and ultimately the World Cup squad in England. They are here on merit and have an opportunity to prove they have what it takes for the national side."Wales became the first women's team to lose all five matches in a Six Nations tournament, finishing bottom of the pile for the second successive season."The players, coaches and staff have all had time to reflect and review what was a disappointing Six Nations campaign and we have to use that disappointment as the fuel to learn and improve for the challenges ahead of us," Lynn added."We all know we have a point to prove and that we have to put the work in on and off the field to get better as a squad."This summer training camp will be tough and demanding and we make no excuses for that."The players will be worked hard to prepare them for the honour of representing the nation and they know what is at stake." Wales squad Forwards: Abbey Constable, Abbie Fleming, Alaw Pyrs, Alex Callender, Bethan Lewis, Bryonie King, Chiara Pearce, Carys Phillips, Donna Rose, Georgia Evans, Gwen Crabb, Gwenllian Pyrs, Gwennan Hopkins, Jenni Scoble, Jorja Aiono, Katherine Baverstock, Kate Williams, Kelsey Jones, Lucy Isaac, Maisie Davies, Molly Reardon, Natalia John, Rosie Carr, Sisilia Tuipulotu, Stella Orrin, Tilly Carys Cox, Catherine Richards, Courtney Keight, Hannah Bluck, Hannah Jones, Isla McMullen, Jasmine Joyce, Jenny Hesketh, Kayleigh Powell, Keira Bevan, Kerin Lake, Lisa Neumann, Lleucu George, Meg Davies, Nel Metcalfe, Robyn Wilkins, Savannah Picton-Powell, Seren Lockwood, Sian Jones.
