Scotland's Tuipulotu brothers surprised by grandmother's arrival from Australia

Mosese Tuipulotu revealed he and brother Sione were taken by complete surprise after their Greenock-born grandmother made a secret journey from Australia to Edinburgh to watch them represent Scotland this weekend.

Scottish Rugby released a video on Wednesday afternoon showing the emotional moment the siblings – who thought they were going to meet a fan – walked into the dressing-room at Murrayfield on Tuesday to find 77-year-old Jacqueline Thomson, who had been flown over.

Jacqueline, who left Scotland when she was a child, is the reason both players are eligible for the national team.

She will watch Edinburgh centre Mosese, who has been part of Gregor Townsend’s squad for the first time this month, play for Scotland 'A' against Chile at Hive Stadium before attending nearby Murrayfield the following day to watch Glasgow centre Sione captain the Scots in their final Autumn Test against Australia.

"It was awesome actually," said Mosese, who left Australia in the summer to sign for Edinburgh. "It was 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, just based off our rugby years.

"It was a very special moment to see my gran again. And I’m sure it’ll be more special for my brother just because he hadn’t seen her in such a long time (four years). Obviously he did that stint in Japan before (moving to Glasgow in 2021) so it was really special."

The Tuipulotu siblings did not believe their gran would ever be able to watch them play in Scotland given her age and health.

Mosese,