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{{Infobox rugby biography|name=Shona Powell-Hughes|image=|height={{convert|1.75|m|ft}}|image_size=|alt=|caption=|birth_name=|birth_date={{birth date and age|1991|7|08|df=y}}|amatyears1=|birth_place=[[Bridgend]], South Wales|ru_position=|school=|university=|relatives=|ru_currentposition=[[Prop]]|weight={{convert|85.45|kg|st}}|repyears1=2010–present|repteam1=[[Wales women's national rugby union team|Wales]]|ru_amateurclubpoints=|years1=2019-present|clubs1=[[Gloucester Hartpury]]<br/>[[Ospreys]]<br/>[[Skewen RFC]]|apps1=|points1=|ru_clubupdate=|amatteam1=|ru_amateurclubcaps=|repcaps1=|reppoints1=|ru_ntupdate=24 April 2021|ru_sevensnationalyears1=|ru_sevensnationalteam1=|ru_sevensnationalcomp1=|ru_currentteam=[[Gloucester Hartpury]]}}'''Siwan Lillicrap''' (born 27 September 1987) is a [[Welsh Rugby Union]] player and current captain of the [[Wales women's national rugby union team]]. She plays [[Rugby union positions|second row]] for Wales and [[Bristol Bears Women|Bristol Bears]]. |
{{Infobox rugby biography|name=Shona Powell-Hughes|image=|height={{convert|1.75|m|ft}}|image_size=|alt=|caption=|birth_name=|birth_date={{birth date and age|1991|7|08|df=y}}|amatyears1=|birth_place=[[Bridgend]], South Wales|ru_position=|school=|university=|relatives=|ru_currentposition=[[Prop]]|weight={{convert|85.45|kg|st}}|repyears1=2010–present|repteam1=[[Wales women's national rugby union team|Wales]]|ru_amateurclubpoints=|years1=2019-present|clubs1=[[Gloucester Hartpury]]<br/>[[Ospreys]]<br/>[[Skewen RFC]]|apps1=|points1=|ru_clubupdate=|amatteam1=|ru_amateurclubcaps=|repcaps1=|reppoints1=|ru_ntupdate=24 April 2021|ru_sevensnationalyears1=|ru_sevensnationalteam1=|ru_sevensnationalcomp1=|ru_currentteam=[[Gloucester Hartpury]]}}'''Siwan Lillicrap''' (born 27 September 1987) is a [[Welsh Rugby Union]] player and current captain of the [[Wales women's national rugby union team]]. She plays [[Rugby union positions|second row]] for Wales and [[Bristol Bears Women|Bristol Bears]]. Lillicrap made her debut for Wales in 2016, and captained the team at the [[2021 Women's Six Nations Championship|2021 Women's Six Nations Championship.]] |
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== Club career == |
== Club career == |
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Siwan heads back to her childhood "home away from home", Waunarlwydd RFC. It's where she spent her Saturdays watching her father, Tim, coach, and Sundays watching brother Gethin play. village club near Swansea |
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“I used to be at every match, definitely. That’s where my love for the game grew and that’s where my love for the game developed." |
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“When my 17th birthday came, I told her, ‘I’m going rugby training next week’ and that was the end of it. I joined the squad the Thursday after my 17th birthday. I went down and trained. Literally two weeks later, I was playing matches." |
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Siwan carried on playing for Waunarlwydd while at university, then a move to Neath followed, where she finally became a forward. |
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While at Swansea University, she was usually found in the backline but she eventually found her home in the back row when she joined Neath RFC in 2011. |
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Bristol in the Premier 15s having moved to the English top flight in 2020 |
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== International career == |
== International career == |
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taking over as captain in the autumn of 2019 |
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having spent almost five years in the extended Wales squad before her break.Twenty-eight years: that's how old Siwan Lillicrap was when she finally got her first, long-awaited cap for Wales. |
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Siwan made her international debut against Ireland at Donnybrook in the 2016 Six Nations championship as a second half replacement for Rebecca Rowe. She made her full debut a week later against Scotland at the Gnoll |
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== Personal life == |
== Personal life == |
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Ysgol Gyfun Gwyr 1999-2006 Welsh language medium secondary school in Gowerton, Swansea, |
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Swansea Uni, degree in Sports science, graduated 2009 |
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Head of rugby for Swansea University since January 2017, she looks after the men's and women's rugby programmes, from participation up to high performance a position responsible for more than 300 players in both the male and female programmes. |
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Previously, she was the university’s Sport Development Officer – a role she previously held at Cardiff University for just over a year before returning to Swansea. |
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== Honours == |
== Honours == |
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Revision as of 10:47, 28 April 2021
| Date of birth | 8 July 1991 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Bridgend, South Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5.7 ft) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 85.45 kg (13.456 st) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Siwan Lillicrap (born 27 September 1987) is a Welsh Rugby Union player and current captain of the Wales women's national rugby union team. She plays second row for Wales and Bristol Bears. Lillicrap made her debut for Wales in 2016, and captained the team at the 2021 Women's Six Nations Championship.
Club career
Siwan heads back to her childhood "home away from home", Waunarlwydd RFC. It's where she spent her Saturdays watching her father, Tim, coach, and Sundays watching brother Gethin play. village club near Swansea
“I used to be at every match, definitely. That’s where my love for the game grew and that’s where my love for the game developed."
“When my 17th birthday came, I told her, ‘I’m going rugby training next week’ and that was the end of it. I joined the squad the Thursday after my 17th birthday. I went down and trained. Literally two weeks later, I was playing matches."
Siwan carried on playing for Waunarlwydd while at university, then a move to Neath followed, where she finally became a forward.
While at Swansea University, she was usually found in the backline but she eventually found her home in the back row when she joined Neath RFC in 2011.
Bristol in the Premier 15s having moved to the English top flight in 2020
International career
taking over as captain in the autumn of 2019
having spent almost five years in the extended Wales squad before her break.Twenty-eight years: that's how old Siwan Lillicrap was when she finally got her first, long-awaited cap for Wales.
Siwan made her international debut against Ireland at Donnybrook in the 2016 Six Nations championship as a second half replacement for Rebecca Rowe. She made her full debut a week later against Scotland at the Gnoll
Personal life
Ysgol Gyfun Gwyr 1999-2006 Welsh language medium secondary school in Gowerton, Swansea,
Swansea Uni, degree in Sports science, graduated 2009
Head of rugby for Swansea University since January 2017, she looks after the men's and women's rugby programmes, from participation up to high performance a position responsible for more than 300 players in both the male and female programmes.
Previously, she was the university’s Sport Development Officer – a role she previously held at Cardiff University for just over a year before returning to Swansea.