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Sam Feierabend

Welsh rugby has a humble new superstar emerging and she's from a famous rugby family

She's Welsh rugby's new superstar in the making and was Wales' best player in their thumping 31-5 Women's Six Nations win over at the weekend - which marked her first Test start at tighthead prop just a year after making her debut off the bench in the same fixture bu in a different position.

Powerhouse prop Sisilia Tuipulotu, 19, is one of 25 Wales Women players to be awarded full-time WRU contracts for this year, and seems to be flourishing under a professional regime.

It's hardly a surprise when you consider her dad Sione played for Tonga and Newport, while she also counts Wales centurion Taulupe Faletau, England duo Mako and Billy Vunipola and Scarlets back-rower Carwyn Tuipulotu among her cousins.

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