Sione and Mosese Tuipulotu hope to bring granny to Greenock

Both brothers made appearances for Scotland's national sides last weekend, with Sione captaining Scotland in their final Autumn Test against Australia, while Mosese got his first taste of international rugby playing for Scotland A against Chile. 

The pair qualify for Scotland through their Greenock-born granny Jacqueline Thomson, who paid a surprise visit to Scotland last week to cheer them on.
 

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Scottish Rugby bosses teamed up with the national team's sponsors, travel comparison site Skyscanner, to reunite the duo with their granny, who left Inverclyde decades ago to start a new life down under.

Mosese and Sione were left in shock when their granny surprised them last week (Image: Scottish Rugby/ X) A viral video released last week in the build up to Scotland's 27-13 win over the Wallabies showed how the duo were left stunned by her surprise appearance at Murrayfield.

And the pair are now hoping to find out all about the area their grandmother hails from by bringing her back to Greenock in the near future.

Mosese said: "It was awesome actually. It was actually a massive surprise just because me and my brother didn't know anything about it.

"They did pretty well to keep it under wraps, but it was a pretty emotional one also just because when I left back home to say goodbye and move over here for rugby.

"You never quite know when you're going to see your family again.

"It was a very special moment just to see my gran again I'm sure it'll be more special for my brother just because he hadn't seen her in such a long time.

"She's kind of gone a full circle. She left here as a young girl and she's come back and now she's back here where she grew up and being able to watch both her boys pulling a Scotland jersey, so it'll have been cool for her.

“Obviously we're back into the United Rugby Championship next week. But, yeah, we're planning on our days off trying to take her out, go see a bit of the country and possibly take her home to where she grew up in Greenock. So, that will be good.”

Sione and Mosese will hope to see their granny's hometown during her time here (Image: Scottish Rugby/ X)

Sione, who kicked off the scoring in Sunday's landmark victory, revealed that the surprise was the first time he'd seen his gran in four years, having left Australia to pursue a rugby career first in Japan and then in Scotland, where he currently plays with Glasgow Warriors.

And despite not seeing his gran in person for such a long time, when they reunited last week it was like he had never been away.

He added: "I hadn't seen my gran in four years. So it's been a while that I've spoken and I've only ever spoken to her off my mum's phone.

"And to be fair, every time I do speak to her, bless her, she's always in her dressing gown and maybe just woken up with a cup of tea.

"So to be honest, when I saw her, when I walked into the thing, my impression was that she looked the same. You know what I mean? If anything, she looked way younger than last time.

"Or when I saw her on her FaceTime, you know, whether or not that's because my mum done her up and put her lippy on her makeup and stuff like that. I don't know.

"I think my impression of us, me and Mosese was what she said in the video.

"You know, she said that we're still two wee men and she's been calling us that since we were kids. So that's probably how she sees us and she'll always see us, to be honest."