Scotland and Australia are in the midst of an arm wrestle at Murrayfield with the home side holding a narrow 7 – 3 lead.
Central to Scotland’s performance so far in the fixture has been skipper Sione Tuipulotu, who has been fired up as he faces the country of his birth.
Building the narrative around Tuipulotu facing Australia, a nice moment was captured on camera this week as Scotland sponsors Skyscanner flew his Scottish grandmother to Edinburgh for the fixture.
A perfect moment! Sione Tuipulotu scores with his Gran in the stands watching! ☺️#AutumnNationsSeries | #SCOvAUS pic.twitter.com/Wp28l4eCzj
— Autumn Nations Series (@autumnnations) November 24, 2024
Taking the fight to the Wallabies, Tuipulotu has scored the lone try of the fixture thus far.
Claiming the ball directly from the line-out, the centre hit a perfect line between Wallabies flyhalf Noah Lolesio and centre Len Ikitau to crash over the line.
🎯 Incredible line-out dart sees @Scotlandteam score their first of the afternoon via Sione Tuipulotu!#AutumnNationsSeries | #SCOvAUS pic.twitter.com/crx48IwM5w
— Rugby on TNT Sports (@rugbyontnt) November 24, 2024
This score fired up Scotland, and they have since taken the initiative and made most of the play but have been unable to break the Wallabies’ defense.
Such has been the bite in this fixture, as the two sides have had several ‘handbags’ incidents, with the two sides getting stuck into each other.
Taking centre stage of this clash was a tackle from Wallabies superstar prospect Joseph Sua’ali’i, who smashed the Scottish skipper with a shot that looked more at home on a rugby league pitch.
Unfortunately for Sua’ali’i and the Wallabies, the big outside centre departed immediately, clutching his wrist following the shot.
Letting him know that he had come off second best, Tuipulotu ran over and got into Sua’ali’i’s face which sparked a verbal altercation between the two sides.
Joseph Sua’ali’i shot on Sione Tuipulotu
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