Sione Tuipulotu (rugby union, born February 1997)
Tuipulotu representing Glasgow Warriors during the United Rugby Championship | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 12 February 1997 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 104 kg (229 lb; 16 st 5 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Notable relative(s) | Mosese Tuipulotu (brother), Ottavio Tuipulotu (brother) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sione Tuipulotu (born 12 February 1997) is an Australian-born Scottish professional rugby union player who plays as a centre for United Rugby Championship club Glasgow Warriors. Born and raised in Australia, he is the current captain of the Scotland national rugby union team after qualifying on ancestry grounds.
He was raised by a Tongan father and an Australian mother of Italian and Scottish descent. He grew up in Frankston, Victoria and first played rugby at Southern Districts Rugby Club in Seaford. He attended local public school Elisabeth Murdoch College before moving to private school St Kevin's College, Melbourne on a scholarship.