Former Junior Wallabies star Sione Tuipulotu has been named skipper of the Scottish rugby team, and his little brother Mosese won a call-up too. The pair qualify through a Scottish grandmother.
Former Melbourne Rebels centre Sione Tuipulotu will lead Scotland into battle against the Wallabies next month after being named captain of the Scottish team, and his younger brother Mosese could join him on the field after winning a call-up, too.
Tuipulotu’s heritage is Tongan-Australian but he qualifies for Scotland via his maternal grandmother Jaqueline “Anne” Thomson, who emigrated to Australia and settled in Frankston, in Melbourne’s south-east. After moving to the UK, Tuipulotu starred for Glasgow and debuted for the Scotland national side in 2021.Getty Images
Tuipulotu said the news younger brother Mosese had also been called up to the Scotland squad almost matched his appointment as skipper. Former Wallabies flanker Jack Dempsey is also in the squad.after several years of pursuit by the Scottish Rugby Union “Obviously you grow up with your brothers, you see everything they’ve been through to get to this point. To be honest, it’s a fairytale to have my brother there in the squad and I’m captain. I just feel really blessed.
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