Doddie Weir speaks for the first time since MND diagnosis

Former Scotland internationalist Doddie Weir spoke for the first time this week about being diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease in a poignant interview with BBC Scotland. The lock forward was born in Edinburgh but grew up in the Border town of Melrose, where he played most of his club rugby before heading south to play for Newcastle. Since the end of his playing days, Weir has been an omnipresent figure in public speaking events and television punditry and won many a friend across the world for his flamboyant - and now trademark - tartan suit, which he proudly paraded wherever he went. The e…