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The Age
4 days ago
- Sport
- The Age
‘There is still a chip on my shoulder': Tuipulotu ready to seal the series in Melbourne
The last time the British and Irish Lions played a Test in Melbourne twelve years ago, a 16-year-old Sione Tuipulotu watched his younger brother Mosese as a proud flag bearer at Docklands Stadium, before cheering on the Wallabies as they squared the series. Next Saturday, Sione will return to Melbourne for the first time in at least three years with the chance to win a Test series against the country he grew up in. But he's keen to stress, it's not personal. 'I think if you asked me when I first moved from Melbourne I would say 'yeah, it is personal and I think there is still a chip on my shoulder',' Tuipulotu said. 'I feel like that's what has got me to this point is having that chip on my shoulder, but in terms of being bitter about Australian rugby I feel like not at all, mate. 'I always say I wasn't good enough to play for the Wallabies when I was in Melbourne, it wasn't a selection problem, I wasn't good enough. 'That's plain and simple but I owe everything to Scottish rugby and now I get a chance to go back to Melbourne and play in my home city and hopefully close out a Test series.' Tuipulotu will have the opportunity to play in front of friends and family at the MCG, including his Scottish grandmother Jaqueline Thomson who famously travelled back to her homeland to catch up with Sione and Mosese ahead of the Wallabies' Test against Scotland last November. In Brisbane, Tuipulotu was reunited with Wallabies centre Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii whom he tussled with last year in Edinburgh, after the former Roosters star was injured making a tackle.
Sydney Morning Herald
4 days ago
- Sport
- Sydney Morning Herald
‘There is still a chip on my shoulder': Tuipulotu ready to seal the series in Melbourne
The last time the British and Irish Lions played a Test in Melbourne twelve years ago, a 16-year-old Sione Tuipulotu watched his younger brother Mosese as a proud flag bearer at Docklands Stadium, before cheering on the Wallabies as they squared the series. Next Saturday, Sione will return to Melbourne for the first time in at least three years with the chance to win a Test series against the country he grew up in. But he's keen to stress, it's not personal. 'I think if you asked me when I first moved from Melbourne I would say 'yeah, it is personal and I think there is still a chip on my shoulder',' Tuipulotu said. 'I feel like that's what has got me to this point is having that chip on my shoulder, but in terms of being bitter about Australian rugby I feel like not at all, mate. 'I always say I wasn't good enough to play for the Wallabies when I was in Melbourne, it wasn't a selection problem, I wasn't good enough. 'That's plain and simple but I owe everything to Scottish rugby and now I get a chance to go back to Melbourne and play in my home city and hopefully close out a Test series.' Tuipulotu will have the opportunity to play in front of friends and family at the MCG, including his Scottish grandmother Jaqueline Thomson who famously travelled back to her homeland to catch up with Sione and Mosese ahead of the Wallabies' Test against Scotland last November. In Brisbane, Tuipulotu was reunited with Wallabies centre Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii whom he tussled with last year in Edinburgh, after the former Roosters star was injured making a tackle.
