Tuipulotu returns in extended Wales training squad

Prop Sisilia Tuipulotu has been named successful an extended Wales training squad aft missing nan Women's Six Nations owed to a hamstring wounded that required surgery.

The 21-year-old Gloucester-Hartpury tight-head is portion of a 45-strong group named by caput coach Sean Lynn for this summer's circuit to Australia and nan 2025 Rugby World Cup successful England.

Wales look nan Wallaroos successful a 2 Test series, opening connected 26 July successful Brisbane earlier nan 2nd world connected 1 August successful Sydney.

The squad will beryllium trimmed to 30 players earlier Wales time off for Australia, pinch a last World Cup squad named aft nan series.

The bulk of nan training squad includes each of nan Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) contracted players, while Ffion Lewis, Carys Williams-Morris, Meg Webb, and Niamh Terry were not selected arsenic their contracts person expired.

New faces see flanker Lucy Isaac, props Katherine Baverstock and Stella Orrin, fastener Tilly Vucaj, centres Savannah Picton-Powell and Isla McMullen, scrum-half Seren Lockwood, and backmost rows Chiara Pearce and Jorja Aiona.

Lynn said: "Our 2025 World Cup mentation starts here, and we are excited to get backmost together and moving difficult to laic immoderate existent foundations up of nan biggest World Cup successful nan history of Women's rugby.

"We person named immoderate young, exciting, uncapped players who person impressed astatine Wales Under-20s, Wales Under-18s and successful nan Celtic Challenge, and they are portion of nan early Wales family and person an opportunity to study what is required astatine nan highest level.

"All of them are very overmuch successful nan operation for action for nan breathtaking situation of a circuit to Australia and yet nan World Cup squad successful England. They are present connected merit and person an opportunity to beryllium they person what it takes for nan nationalist side."

Wales became nan first women's squad to suffer each 5 matches successful a Six Nations tournament, finishing bottommost of nan heap for nan 2nd successive season.

"The players, coaches and unit person each had clip to bespeak and reappraisal what was a disappointing Six Nations run and we person to usage that disappointment arsenic nan substance to study and amended for nan challenges up of us," Lynn added.

"We each cognize we person a constituent to beryllium and that we person to put nan activity successful connected and disconnected nan section to get amended arsenic a squad.

"This summertime training campy will beryllium reliable and demanding and we make nary excuses for that.

"The players will beryllium worked difficult to hole them for nan honour of representing nan federation and they cognize what is astatine stake."

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 Vucaj.

Backs: 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.