Sione Tuipulotu has set himself the target of winning a place on next summer's British and Irish Lions tour.
And he admits the tour being to Australia, the land of his birth and where his rugby career began, is extra motivation.
“I feel hesitant talking about that stuff just because it's a long way away,” he said, before admitting earning a place in Andy Farrell’s squad is a goal for this season.
Tuipulotu continued: “To think that when I arrived, I couldn't even imagine that four years later or whatever, I could be in contention to possibly go on this tour. But things have worked out however they've worked out. Obviously, for myself, it is one of my goals. I want to be a Lion.”
Having found game-time hard to come by at the Melbourne Rebels, Tuipulotu left Australia for Japan before moving to Scotland – for whom he and his brothers qualify through his grandmother from Greenock.
He said the chance to go back to Australia with the Lions would be the icing on the cake.
“I believe in God and I believe in all these things lining up for me since I've got to Scotland,” he said.
"I believe that's one of the things that have lined up. I would love to have an opportunity to go over there and play them with a bit of unfinished business. I left Australia, to be honest, a little bit angry.
“I don't have the same anger, but I still have that same competitiveness to want to go back there and play them. It would be unreal."
Meanwhile, Sione, 27, revealed his youngest brother Ottavio is considering joining the family in Scotland.
With Mosese now settling in at Edinburgh after the switch from Australia, Sione added: “I really want my littlest brother to come over next so then we can just be three brothers in Scotland and lock up here for a bit.”
The youngster in the family, 20-year-old Ottavio, has been backed to be the pick of the Tuipulotu family – a high bar considering the impact Sione has made with Glasgow and for Scotland, but injuries have not been kind.
“He might end up being better than me and my brother,” Sione said.
“He had two knee reconstructions before he was 18. He had a really rough run with injuries but he's really dedicated to his rugby.
“I don't make any decisions for him but if it was up to me, he would do one year there and then come over.
"Sess was trying to sell him the dream massively but I can understand, when you're on Bondi beach, you feel like your life's pretty good. But I'm hoping to see him sooner rather than later.”
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