{"id":31729,"date":"2025-07-30T05:28:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T05:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/31729\/"},"modified":"2025-07-30T05:28:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T05:28:10","slug":"scotland-ottavio-tuipulotu-glasgow-warriors-signing-british-and-irish-lions-brothers-sione-and-mosese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/31729\/","title":{"rendered":"Scotland Ottavio Tuipulotu, Glasgow Warriors signing, British and Irish Lions, brothers Sione and Mosese"},"content":{"rendered":"

Scotland have reportedly completed the full set of Tuipulotu brothers with 21-year-old hooker Ottavio poised to confirm a two-year deal with the Glasgow Warriors.<\/p>\n

Sione Tuipulotu, 28 and born-and-raised in Melbourne, is now Scotland’s captain and a star centre for the British and Irish Lions currently touring Australia.<\/a><\/p>\n

Mosese Tuipulotu, a 24-year-old centre, left the NSW Waratahs to play for Edinburgh Rugby and has already represented Scotland A.<\/p>\n

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\"The<\/p>\n

The Tuipulotu brothers (from left, Sione, Ottavio and Mosese). \u00a0Getty<\/p>\n

And Scotland Rugby News has now reported that former Junior Wallabies star Ottavio has agreed terms to join Sione in Glasgow. The deal is yet to be officially announced but the brothers qualify for Scotland through their Melbourne-based grandmother.<\/p>\n

Ottavio was with the Melbourne Rebels in 2024 but rehabbed and trained with the Waratahs this year after the Rebels folded.<\/p>\n

A Waratahs spokesperson told Wide World of Sports that Ottavio was not under contract with NSW and the club had no further comment.<\/p>\n

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It’s another painful blow for Australian rugby fans, who have had to watch Sione celebrate tries against the Wallabies for Scotland and the Lions over the last eight months.<\/p>\n

Sione had openly been trying to recruit Ottavio to Scotland.<\/p>\n

“I think if my littlest brother comes over here, he might end up being better than me and my brother,” Sione told reporters last year.<\/p>\n

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“He had a really rough run with injuries \u2013 he had two knee reconstructions before he was 18 \u2013 but he’s really dedicated to his rugby.<\/p>\n

“I don’t make any decisions for him, but if it was up to me, he would do one year there, try and get as much rugby under his belt in Sydney and then come over.”<\/p>\n

The Waratahs are well served at hooker next season.<\/p>\n

\"David<\/p>\n

David Porecki during an Australia training session.\u00a0Getty<\/p>\n

Ex-Wallabies captain David Porecki is the presumptive starter while coach Dan McKellar has lured Crusaders title-winner Ioane Moananu across the Tasman.<\/p>\n

“We watched Ioane closely at the Crusaders,” McKellar said.<\/p>\n

“Obviously, he had a good season with them. He got an opportunity through injury and proved that he belongs at this level.<\/p>\n

\"Ioane<\/p>\n

Ioane Moananu of the Crusaders on the way to scoring a try.\u00a0Getty<\/p>\n

“He is also a smart rugby player with a very good skill set. He has the ability to play on an edge or play through the middle. He also brings an on ball presence defensively.<\/p>\n

“He’s a really good addition and adds strength and depth in what’s a key position.”<\/p>\n

Ethan Dobbins is the other senior hooker on the Waratahs’ books.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Scotland have reportedly completed the full set of Tuipulotu brothers with 21-year-old hooker Ottavio poised to confirm a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":31730,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85],"class_list":["post-31729","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-rugby","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31729","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31729"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31729\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}