Name Doddie Weir Role Rugby Player | Height 1.98 m Weight 109 kg | |
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Education Scottish Agricultural College Children Hamish Doddie, Angus John Doddie, Ben Doddie | ||
Martin johnson punch on doddie weir
George "Doddie" Weir (born 4 July 1970 in Edinburgh) is a Rugby Union player, in the lock position.
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- Borders rugby radio stuart cameron talks rugby 004 1 9 11 doddie weir
- Club career
- International career
- After playing career
- References
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Club career
George Weir started playing rugby for Stewart's Melville RFC, his former school, in Edinburgh. He studied at the Scottish Agricultural College, gaining an HND, from 1988–1991. He moved to Melrose RFC in the Borders and was part of the team that won six Scottish club championships. He later moved to England in 1995 to join the Newcastle Falcons and was part of the Premiership winning side of 1997–98. He also started the victorious 2001 Anglo-Welsh Cup final. He moved back to Scotland to join the newly reformed Borders team in 2002 where he remained until his retirement from professional rugby.
International career
Weir was first capped for Scotland against Argentina in 1990. A mainstay of the team throughout the 1990s he was a recognisable figure around the park and fan favourite of the Murrayfield crowd. An excellent lineout specialist he was selected as part of the British and Irish Lions tour of South Africa in 1997. Whilst on the tour he suffered a horrific knee injury, as a result of foul play, while playing against Mpumalanga Province.
His time in the national side dissipated in later years as Scotland began to blood the next generation of locks, with the likes of Stuart Grimes and eventual Scotland cap record holder Scott Murray coming into the team. His final appearance was in the Six Nations Championship match against France at Murrayfield, on 4 March 2000.
In all Weir won 61 Scottish caps scoring 19 points from four tries (his first was under the old four points). He finished his playing career together with Gary Armstrong at The Borders in 2004.
Weir was famously described by legendary commentator Bill McLaren as being "On the charge like a mad giraffe".
After playing career
He now works as commercial director at Hutchinson Environmental Solutions, a waste management company and is also active on the after-dinner speech circuit.
Weir occasionally appears on the BBC as part of the half time analysis during Scotland matches.
In June 2017, it was made public that Weir was suffering from Motor Neurone Disease. Weir announced his diagnosis via Twitter in order to promote Global MND Awareness Day. Weir has stated that he is planning to set up a foundation named 'My Name'5 Doddie' in order to 'raise funds for research into a cure for MND and to provide grants to people living with the condition'.