When Mosese Tuipulotu was pictured enjoying Christmas dinner the other day with big brother Sione, Tom Jordan, Josh McKay, Jack Dempsey and others, the thought arose that it might have been the closest an Edinburgh player had got to a Glasgow counterpart all week.
Mosese was evidently a very welcome interloper into the annual gathering of Warriors’ southern hemisphere ‘orphans’, those players spending the festive period thousands of miles from close friends and family.
It was another sign of the warm bonds that have been forged at Scotstoun over the last few years, head coach Franco Smith cultivating a happy dressing room that, in turn, has become a winning one.
Little wonder that most of their overseas talent have been happy to commit their long-term futures to the project as Warriors chase a second successive URC title while also aiming to go far in the Champions Cup.
This afternoon’s second leg of the 1872 Cup is a chance…
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