Doddie Weir RIP
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Doddie Weir aged 52. RIP big man.
Scotland legend Weir dies after six years with MND
Former Scotland international Doddie Weir dies at the age of 52 after a battle with motor neurone disease.
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Bugger. Just bugger.
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@scribe Rest well, Doddie.
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Unforgettable.
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Doddie Weir aged 52. RIP big man.
Scotland legend Weir dies after six years with MND
Former Scotland international Doddie Weir dies at the age of 52 after a battle with motor neurone disease.
Inspirational is an over-used term, but def. not in this case.
He just never gave up, did he? What a bloke.
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Unforgettable.
Classic stuff.
Really funny bloke and a hell of a player. Any Scottish Lion of that era was.
Two tries against the ABs in the quarter final in 95 as well. Brilliant.
Seeing him lately it was pretty obvious this was just round the corner. What a horrible disease.
RIP big fella
Slightly off topic but clips like these make me annoyed at what a funny likeable guy Will Carling is. I always wanted to hate him so much as a player.
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Doddie Weir aged 52. RIP big man.
Scotland legend Weir dies after six years with MND
Former Scotland international Doddie Weir dies at the age of 52 after a battle with motor neurone disease.
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Two tries against the ABs in the quarter final in 95 as well. Brilliant.
Played in that magical 1996 Scotland-AB game at Carisbrook as well. Deserves a mention.
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@Victor-Meldrew said in RIP 2022:
Two tries against the ABs in the quarter final in 95 as well. Brilliant.
Played in that magical 1996 Scotland-AB game at Carisbrook as well. Deserves a mention.
He’ll be remembered as a character mainly but he was also a really, really good player.
This is a really nice obituary.
Sad to think that Scotlands two best forwards of the 90s aren’t with us anymore.
'Doddie Weir - six feet seven inches of joyous chaos'
Tom English celebrates the life of Doddie Weir, a man who brought the best out of people and made it his mission to make them smile.
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@Daffy-Jaffy looked like a really good bugger ..RIP
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Doddie Weir: the true story behind Doddie’5 Red Blend 2019
Geoffrey Dean talks to former Springbok, Schalk Burger, about Doddie’5 Red Blend 2019 he has made to help ex-Scotland No.5 Doddie Weir
Doddie’s fund raising red. Made by Schalk Burger. Great story.
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So sad
Hate seeing your peers going
RIP
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On tour in NZ
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@Daffy-Jaffy said in Doddie Weir RIP:
On tour in NZ
That woulda been 1990. He was a midweeker then if memory serves. Skinny as fuck initially even for that era !
Less said about the beer the better.
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@MN5 said in Doddie Weir RIP:
@Daffy-Jaffy said in Doddie Weir RIP:
On tour in NZ
That woulda been 1990. He was a midweeker then if memory serves. Skinny as fuck initially even for that era !
Less said about the beer the better.
What kind of beer do you usually have here?
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@Crucial said in Doddie Weir RIP:
@MN5 said in Doddie Weir RIP:
@Daffy-Jaffy said in Doddie Weir RIP:
On tour in NZ
That woulda been 1990. He was a midweeker then if memory serves. Skinny as fuck initially even for that era !
Less said about the beer the better.
What kind of beer do you usually have here?
Oh, we got both kinds. We got Red AND Brown!……and to be fair it’s certainly not like Scotland is known for it’s wonderful beer……
Or weather/food/people/humour…….I could go on.
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@MN5 said in Doddie Weir RIP:
@Crucial said in Doddie Weir RIP:
@MN5 said in Doddie Weir RIP:
@Daffy-Jaffy said in Doddie Weir RIP:
On tour in NZ
That woulda been 1990. He was a midweeker then if memory serves. Skinny as fuck initially even for that era !
Less said about the beer the better.
What kind of beer do you usually have here?
Oh, we got both kinds. We got Red AND Brown!……and to be fair it’s certainly not like Scotland is known for it’s wonderful beer……
Or weather/food/people/humour…….I could go on.
I do like a good 80 Shilling or Wee Heavy. It's when they try to make non Scottish styles that the pish is pish.
And the weather is great (on average two days a year) -
@Crucial said in Doddie Weir RIP:
@MN5 said in Doddie Weir RIP:
@Crucial said in Doddie Weir RIP:
@MN5 said in Doddie Weir RIP:
@Daffy-Jaffy said in Doddie Weir RIP:
On tour in NZ
That woulda been 1990. He was a midweeker then if memory serves. Skinny as fuck initially even for that era !
Less said about the beer the better.
What kind of beer do you usually have here?
Oh, we got both kinds. We got Red AND Brown!……and to be fair it’s certainly not like Scotland is known for it’s wonderful beer……
Or weather/food/people/humour…….I could go on.
I do like a good 80 Shilling or Wee Heavy. It's when they try to make non Scottish styles that the pish is pish.
And the weather is great (on average two days a year)The Scots do many things very well but beer is not one of them.
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@Catogrande said in Doddie Weir RIP:
@Crucial said in Doddie Weir RIP:
@MN5 said in Doddie Weir RIP:
@Crucial said in Doddie Weir RIP:
@MN5 said in Doddie Weir RIP:
@Daffy-Jaffy said in Doddie Weir RIP:
On tour in NZ
That woulda been 1990. He was a midweeker then if memory serves. Skinny as fuck initially even for that era !
Less said about the beer the better.
What kind of beer do you usually have here?
Oh, we got both kinds. We got Red AND Brown!……and to be fair it’s certainly not like Scotland is known for it’s wonderful beer……
Or weather/food/people/humour…….I could go on.
I do like a good 80 Shilling or Wee Heavy. It's when they try to make non Scottish styles that the pish is pish.
And the weather is great (on average two days a year)The Scots do many things very well but beer is not one of them.
You have to look for it just like most places. Judging Scottish beer on Tennants Lager or scottish food on deep fried Mars bars wont give you the full picture.
Some of the best food in the UK comes from Scotland but as a 'cuisine' it can be on the dour side.
Like anyway now there is a craft beer scene (I can recommend most stuff from Black Isle) and a mass produced 'craft' scene (Brewpunk) but the traditional old cask ales still exist among the rubbish as well. A handpulled wee heavy easily competes with fresh english ales. -
Due to my heritage the boys ( ie ex wife ) will buy me a Scotch Ale on my birthday/Father’s Day/Xmas.
They can be pretty good.
It is easy to judge a country on their mass produced shite beer but then I realise I come from a place that produces Tui and the beers that the recently departed D Weir is holding in the pic, so you know, glasshouses and all of that……
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Also, all those shit beers were our starter beers when we were young, they were an easy way to get shitfaced cheaply.
Now we're all fucking hipsters/beer snobs and can afford our fancy expensive craft beers, meanwhile we hang out on the Fern trying to make out we aren't.
Moe mai ra Doddie
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Is it that hard to keep the thread about the death of a much loved rugby player who was also such a prominent advocate for curing MND to discussing his life and times and not various posters' opinions about Scottish or craft beer?
Absolutely no issue with MN5's photo of Doddie with the Lion Brown, I hasten to add.
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@Smudge said in Doddie Weir RIP:
Is it that hard to keep the thread about the death of a much loved rugby player who was also such a prominent advocate for curing MND to discussing his life and times and not various posters' opinions about Scottish or craft beer?
Absolutely no issue with MN5's photo of Doddie with the Lion Brown, I hasten to add.
I didn’t share it but I’ll take the credit, many thanks.
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@MN5 I should have known better. Fair play to @Daffy-Jaffy .
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Doddie Weir memorial to be streamed live from Melrose.
WATCH: Doddie Weir's Memorial Service - Scottish Rugby
Watch live coverage of Doddie Weir's Memorial Service from Melrose Parish Church on Monday 19 December at 1pm.
