The loss of Sione Tuipulotu, Scotland's on-form captain, for the Six Nations has served as a gut punch of epic proportions, writes CALUM CROWE
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Talk about a dose of the Monday blues. When news came through that Sione Tuipulotu had been ruled out of the Six Nations, Scotland supporters would have felt sick to the stomach. The loss of their captain, who also happens to be one of the best players on the planet right now, served as a gut punch of epic proportions.
![[Tuipulotu was in fantastic form during the Autumn Test series, including the win over Australia]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/20/18/94306171-0-image-a-35_1737396592508.jpg)
One which hit harder than any tackle we’ll see over these next couple of months once the championship gets under way. Irrepressible and irreplaceable. Tuipulotu’s absence feels like a pin has popped the balloon of optimism that had built around Scotland heading into the championship.
![[The Glasgow Warriors centre led the Scots with aplomb, shining in his role as captain]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/20/18/94306169-0-image-a-34_1737396586317.jpg)
Described as a ‘freakish’ injury by Glasgow Warriors head coach Franco Smith, Tuipulotu will now have surgery on the torn pectoral muscle he suffered in training last week. Expected to miss a couple of months at the very least, his championship is now over before it had even begun.
![[Rory Darge and Finn Russell will now co-captain Scotland in Tuipulotu's absence]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/20/18/94306165-14305829-Rory_Darge_and_Finn_Russell_will_now_co_captain_Scotland_in_Tuip-a-2_1737396958749.jpg)
Scotland have been rocked by the news Sione Tuipulotu will miss the entire SIx Nations. Tuipulotu was in fantastic form during the Autumn Test series, including the win over Australia. The Glasgow Warriors centre led the Scots with aplomb, shining in his role as captain.
It is an absolute hammer blow to Gregor Townsend’s side, one which undoubtedly diminishes their chances of success. With Glasgow and Scotland team-mate Scott Cummings also likely to be sidelined due to a fractured arm, it never rains but it pours, right?.
