SCOTLAND rugby brothers Sione and Mosese Tuipulotu were able to bring their Greenock-born granny back home for a day - whilst becoming honorary life members of local side Greenock Wanderers.
Fresh off the back of dispossessing Australia at Murrayfield last Sunday, Scotland captain Sione and younger sibling, Mosese, were also presented with honorary memberships of the Fort Matilda side by one of the Wanderers' vice-presidents, Tony Barrie.
The Tuipulotu brothers were surprised last week when their 77-year-old granny, Jacqueline Thompson, was flown to Scotland from Western Australia by national team sponsor Skyscanner.
The duo qualify to play Rugby Union for Scotland through Jacqueline, who was born and bred in Greenock before departing for a new life down under in the 60s.
And club officials where left in awe when the duo rocked up in Greenock on Wednesday, where Jacqueline was able to re-visit her childhood home.
Speaking about how the visit came to be, Tony said: "We'd been looking for a while, as to how we wanted to recognise the link between Sione, Mosese, Jacqueline and the club.
"The idea was that we'd offer them honorary life membership, which we gladly presented to them in the aftermath of Scotland's win over Australia last Sunday.
"We got in contact with the SRU in the hope of arranging a chance to see Sione, Mosese, and Jacqueline to present them with their memberships.
"I was fortunate enough to be at the game against Australia and to get permission to briefly meet with both Sione and Jacqueline after the game.
"It was a great chance to let it be known how proud we are to have them associated with the club, the link that Jacqueline created, and the impact that both Sione and Mosese have had on Scottish Rugby.
"She was delighted. We had a chat about Jacqueline's upbringing and her memories of Greenock - she's a lovely lady."
And despite being unable to pull out all the bells and whistles for their arrival - Tony believes that the surprise nature of the call makes it a really personal and poignant occasion for the Thompson's, Tuipulotu's and the Wanderers.
He added: "It came as a complete surprise to us at the club - we were unaware that they were coming through to Greenock.
"The fact that they came over and visited the house is fantastic, it was a great experience for the club and for the boys as well - having the Scotland rugby captain and his grandmother turn up to their house.
"It really is marvellous that it happened and it looks as if it's been set up as a surprise for their granny, which really is lovely.
"If we had we'd have tried to configure things differently - but the fact they've come through off their own back and it be something quite personal to them, really is quite nice."
He added: "Jacqueline visited the house that she grew up in on Wednesday, where our Under 16's captain and his family happened to live.
"She lived there with her parents before the family immigrated to Australia. Her father worked with IBM and they moved for work reasons and as they say, the rest is history.
"We're hoping to build on the link now and try to formalise the fact that they're life members - it'd be great to see them down at Fort Matilda again.
"It was a really nice moment that we were able to share and we're delighted that we're able to have three new honorary life members."
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