Right at home in the Super Rugby W, Tupai is a revered ball runner across first grade and can create plenty for the Bulldogs with her leg drive. Leila Wood. Picture credit: Erick Lucero/ QRU media.

Though, the kids say at first they could hardly believe it when such important people actually walked into their classroom. “Is this reality or am I having a dream?” remarked student Hazel Tracey. The ...