By BRYN PALMER
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Scotland v Australia
Today. Kick-off 1.40pm, Murrayfield
SIONE Tuipulotu’s journey from the suburbs of Melbourne to the Scotland captaincy will come full circle today as he leads out his adopted nation against his country of birth at Murrayfield.
The occasion will have extra poignancy for the Glasgow centre given the presence of his 77-year-old grandmother from Greenock, Jacqueline Thomson, who flew over from Australia this week for a surprise visit and will be watching him play for the first time since he left home more than six years ago, initi...
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