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RIP Doddie

Very sad news, even though it was expected sometime soon.

There'll be a good few folk at the funeral, I would imagine. As well as doing an incredible amount for MND research, he really supported the communities of the borders too - he was an icon with the locals long before he got this terrible desease.

RIP.

S/Lt_Phillips wrote: ↑Sun Nov 27, 2022 11:04 am Very sad news, even though it was expected sometime soon.

There'll be a good few folk at the funeral, I would imagine. As well as doing an incredible amount for MND research, he really supported the communities of the borders too - he was an icon with the locals long before he got this terrible desease.

RIP.

I didn’t know about the borders stuff

Slick wrote: ↑Sun Nov 27, 2022 12:19 pm

S/Lt_Phillips wrote: ↑Sun Nov 27, 2022 11:04 am Very sad news, even though it was expected sometime soon.

There'll be a good few folk at the funeral, I would imagine. As well as doing an incredible amount for MND research, he really supported the communities of the borders too - he was an icon with the locals long before he got this terrible desease.

RIP.

I didn’t know about the borders stuff

A friend of mine is involved in the scouts down there, Doddie donated some land from his farm to them to have a campground. Regularly donated to other causes as well, I understand. Lovely bloke. I remember having a (slightly pissed) conversation with him at some company do where he was guest speaker.

Am quite shocked how soon it came after he was in Murrayfield only a few weeks ago.

The word “legend” is banded around a lot these days when describing folks, but Doddie deserves the moniker almost more than anyone. He faced an awful disease with humour, determination, courage and integrity. RIP.

S/Lt_Phillips wrote: ↑Sun Nov 27, 2022 3:04 pm

Slick wrote: ↑Sun Nov 27, 2022 12:19 pm

S/Lt_Phillips wrote: ↑Sun Nov 27, 2022 11:04 am Very sad news, even though it was expected sometime soon.

There'll be a good few folk at the funeral, I would imagine. As well as doing an incredible amount for MND research, he really supported the communities of the borders too - he was an icon with the locals long before he got this terrible desease.

RIP.

I didn’t know about the borders stuff

A friend of mine is involved in the scouts down there, Doddie donated some land from his farm to them to have a campground. Regularly donated to other causes as well, I understand. Lovely bloke. I remember having a (slightly pissed) conversation with him at some company do where he was guest speaker.

Usually a good measure of someone that their good deeds are not widely known

Jim Hamilton said if anyone ever epitomised the good in rugby, it was Doddie Weir. I think that’s a pretty good epitaph.

The Doddie Weir Stand has a nice ring to it.

https://chng.it/4jZ2MrJRnG

I only just realised it was him out on the field when Scotland were playing the All Blacks.

Scottish Rugby will carry live coverage of the memorial service next week to celebrate the life of the irrepressible Doddie Weir.

Doddie, the former Scotland and British & Irish Lions lock, died last month, aged 52, after a long fight against MND – motor neurone disease – and having raised millions of pounds through his charitable foundation to support research to find a cure for the appalling condition.

The memorial service is due to begin at Melrose Parish Church – just next door to the Greenyards ground that was Doddie’s home pitch for so many years – at 1pm on Monday (19 December) and will be screened live around the world on the Scottish Rugby website.

Scottish Rugby chairman John Jeffrey, who is also a trustee of the My Name’5 Doddie Foundation, said: “Scottish Rugby is honoured to live stream the memorial service. Doddie’s impact was way beyond the rugby community in Scotland and the rest of the British Isles.

“The outpouring of affection for Doddie has been global and I know it will mean a lot to his family and friends that the service is being broadcast on our website.”

Good stuff