Ainsley and Tupou re-sign

Melbourne Rebels prop, Jermaine Ainsley and centre Semisi Tupou have secured their futures in Melbourne, after re-signing with the Club for the next seasons.

Ainsley joined the Melbourne Rebels after 17 Super Rugby caps for the Western Force and has played in all nine matches since crossing to Melbourne at the beginning of the 2018 season.

The highly rated 22-year old featured for the Wallabies in their clash with the Barbarians in Sydney last October but injury cruelled his chances of a Test debut on the 2017 Spring Tour.

18-year-old outside back, Tupou will also call Melbourne home until 2020 as he looks to add to his three Super Rugby appearances.

Tupou made his top-flight rugby debut last season and was selected in the Junior Wallabies squad for the Oceania Rugby U20s Championship tournament. However, injury to senior Rebels players has seen him add to his Super Rugby games tally against the Queensland Reds and Stormers this season.