{"id":32718,"date":"2025-07-30T15:24:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T15:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/32718\/"},"modified":"2025-07-30T15:24:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T15:24:10","slug":"tuipulotu-empire-grows-in-scotland-as-ottavio-seals-urc-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/32718\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuipulotu empire grows in Scotland as Ottavio seals URC move"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>mens<\/p>\n<p>united-rugby-championship<\/p>\n<p>    Ottavio Tuipulotu during a Melbourne Rebels 2024 Super Rugby Headshots Session on January 17, 2024 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Kim Landy\/Getty Images for Super Rugby) <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"expand\" src=\"https:\/\/eu-cdn.rugbypass.com\/images\/common-svg\/select-arrow.svg\" height=\"6\" width=\"11\"\/>      https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/news\/tuipulotu-empire-grows-in-scotland-as-ottavio-seals-urc-move\/    <\/p>\n<p>Scotland captain <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/players\/sione-tuipulotu\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sione Tuipulotu<\/a> will be joined at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/teams\/glasgow\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Glasgow<\/a> Warriors next season by his younger brother Ottavio, who has signed a two-year deal with the club.<\/p>\n<p>The 21-year-old former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/teams\/australia\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Australia<\/a> U20 international spent last season in the New South Wales <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/teams\/waratahs\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Waratahs<\/a> academy, having moved to Sydney after the Melbourne <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/teams\/rebels\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rebels<\/a> went bust in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Like British &amp; Irish Lion Sione, the hooker is also eligible to represent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/teams\/scotland\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Scotland<\/a> through their grandmother, and could well follow in the footsteps of elder brothers Sione and Edinburgh\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/teams\/scotland-a\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Scotland A<\/a> representative Mosese.<\/p>\n<p>Ottavio will link up with his new club next month when pre-season starts ahead of the new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/united-rugby-championship\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">United Rugby Championship<\/a> season.<\/p>\n<p>Fixture<\/p>\n<p>United Rugby Championship<\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/306.png.webp\"\/> <\/p>\n<p> Glasgow <\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/412.png.webp\"\/> <\/p>\n<p> Sharks <\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/live\/glasgow-vs-sharks\/?g=947130\/\" class=\"link-box\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">   <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m really looking forward to moving to Glasgow,\u201d Tuipulotu told <a href=\"https:\/\/glasgowwarriors.org\/glasgow-warriors-sign-tuipulotu\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">glasgowwarriors.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been following the team for the last couple years and have seen how well they\u2019ve been doing, not to mention how much the fans get around the boys.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve spoken to Nonz [Sione] about Glasgow a lot, and he\u2019s just told me that while it\u2019s different to home \u2013 especially being a lot colder than Australia \u2013 the culture within the team and within the community in Glasgow is so strong.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs soon as Glasgow sent me the contract offer, Sione was the first person I called, and he told me to pack my bags and join him up north!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI spoke to Franco [Smith] earlier in the year, too, mostly just speaking about how I was doing and how my rugby was going, as well as the possibility of moving up to Glasgow. I\u2019m really looking forward to being able to work with Franco and the rest of the staff. I\u2019ve seen how much work they\u2019ve done for the players, and that\u2019s shown on the field when the boys play.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo be able to play at Scotstoun would be an unreal moment in my life. I\u2019ve seen and heard how electric the fans are with the atmosphere they create, and how much they back our boys \u2013 I can\u2019t wait to meet them all!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Glasgow head coach <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/players\/franco-smith\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Franco Smith<\/a> added: \u201cTavi is a player that we have been tracking for a while, and we\u2019re pleased that he has decided to follow Sione in making the move north to continue his rugby journey with us.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe brings dynamism in both attack and defence, as well as a real desire to work hard and learn from both the coaches and the players around him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe look forward to working closely with him upon his arrival at Scotstoun, as we continue to build towards the new season.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"mens united-rugby-championship Ottavio Tuipulotu during a Melbourne Rebels 2024 Super Rugby Headshots Session on January 17, 2024 in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":32719,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85],"class_list":["post-32718","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\/32718","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=32718"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32718\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}