SHE has played American college basketball, won a Central West AFL premiership flag and played representative rugby league, but now there is another sport Haylee Lepaio is impressing at.
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It's rugby union.
For season 2019 Lepaio has joined the Bathurst Bulldogs' Ferguson Cup outfit and while she is still learning the game, she has most certainly been a force in the front row.
She showed it on Saturday at Ashwood Park as the Bulldogs posted a 45-0 win over West Wyalong.
While she did not get on the score sheet herself, she played a hand in a number of Bulldogs' tries.
She burst through West Wyalong's defensive line on a number of occasions, palming off would-be tacklers and using her height and basketball skills to link with support players.
Lepaio was also responsible for stealing the ball off West Wyalong a number of times and she shouldered up in defence as well.
When you add that sort of weapon to a Bulldogs line with other players in form, it's a potent mix.
It's why Bulldogs coach Tuma Aisake nominated Lepaio as one of the best on Saturday alongside two others with Central West representative experience in Nicole Schnieder and Mel Waterford.
Himself a man with a host of playing experience, Aisake has been delighted to see how Lepaio and the other new Bulldogs are picking up rugby skills.
"Nicole, Haylee, Mel they were great - all the girls are playing well," Aisake said.
"I think it comes down to training, all the girls are picking up things well and are doing it here in the game.
"Even though injuries have hurt us, myself, Matt Waterford and Marita [Shoulders] just drill them well.
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"There's a lot of work we've still got to do, but I'm happy with the way the girls are playing. It's very important for us at this point of the season, the injuries do worry me, but we've got the girls to cover."
Lepaio played a leading hand in the first of Bulldogs' tries on Saturday.
After West Wyalong had received from kick-off and strung together some nice phases, Lepaio ripped the ball from the arms of a rival and countered.
She then found Waterford in support who ran away to score.
From that point onward Bulldogs were in control. They led 14-0 at the first change, it was 26-0 by half-time and even with time called five minutes early in the final quarter, the Bathurst outfit still earned another bonus-point win.
Schneider scored three tries in the first half as her powerful running and work at the breakdown featured, the centre staking her claims for another Central West jumper.
Kirsten Howard and Courtney Auld combined well on the right edge too, with the latter rewarded for her efforts with a pair of tries.
