Rebecca De Filippo (born 25 February 1994) is a Welsh

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player who plays

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for

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and the

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. She won her first international cap against

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in the

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Playing career

Rebecca De Filippo was born in

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, Wales, on 25 February 1994. She played for the

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women's rugby team, where she was a member of the under-18s team who won the women's

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in 2012. By the age of 17, De Filippo was the captain of the Wales women's national under-18 and under-20 rugby union team. She studied for a

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degree in sport and exercise science at

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. She was a runner-up for Welsh Young Sports Personality of the year during 2013–14. Rebecca De Filippo made her debut for the

against

during the

after being brought on for Philippa Tuttiett. The game took place a week before De Filippo's 18th birthday. Wales won the game 20–0, and although she spent time in the

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, she was praised by coach

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. The following week, she made her starting debut on her 18th birthday at Twickenham against

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, replacing Tuttiett. She was named to the team that competed at the

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. , her official Wales Rugby Union biography states that she is tall, and weighs . She is a volunteer and mentor for the

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. She currently plays for

team.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:De Filippo, Rebecca 1994 births Living people Welsh female rugby union players Rugby union players from Swansea Wales women's international rugby union players Wales international women's rugby sevens players Welsh rugby sevens players Alumni of the University of Exeter Rugby union centres Bristol Bears Women players