My Name'5 DODDIE: The Autobiography

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Gavin Hastings (Scotland): “Consistently outstanding for both Scotland and the Lions. Helped me a lot when the game turned professional.”

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I did my autobiography in 2018 (still available online and in all good book shops) and thought that was me, I’ve done the documentary and the book,I’ll just wear the t-shirt now. Then along came a second book, my A-Z Of Life And How To Live It, which was a bit of fun and I had no intention of writing anything else. What became apparent on this journey, was that in the last three years so much more has happened in my life. While he thought of not talking about it at all he was persuaded because he didn’t want them to be in a situation when he collapsed and medical staff told them they couldn’t do anything. He said: “They took it very well.” October, 2023 | ZEROplus announce successful new fire testing for their entire Finprotect Plus range Doddie, who has just 38p left in his betting account, becomes more serious when explaining that he avoids discussing death. “I don’t talk about that because I’m trying not to go there.”

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Today is a celebration of life, and Doddie's closest friends and team mates have plenty of happy memories of their relationships on and off the pitch. In an extract from his new book, Doddie Weir has written candidly about the fall which sapped his confidence and the reality of his Motor Neurone Disease fight. Slightly apprehensive. I’ve never been the nervous type. But I still run through in my head if I’ve not mentioned something grand, or forgotten someone who has helped along the way. Sorry in advance, but others are probably to blame. I have a long list of them! Do you have any plans to write a fourth book? Alastair, from Galashiels, says he feels it's important to be at the Greenyards ground where Weir used to play. And his eyes filled with tears as he said: “2020 is going to be a special year because things are now on the table, there is a chance for us.

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He cannot turn his head in the kitchen on their farm near Galashiels, an hour from Edinburgh, to glance out of the window. But Doddie can feel the warmth of the Scottish sunshine on his skin. “I’ve been thinking how good it is today,” he says, “enjoying the lovely weather when many people with MND don’t have that luxury.” We are the leading rugby union news and content network delivering you the latest news, views and all the moves in Rugby Union. Follow our socials Death might stalk him but Doddie suggests that “every day is a learning day. When I was playing rugby and in business [installing septic tanks] I always thought of it as a game of chess. You make a move forward to stay in front. I try and stay in front of MND every day.” Former Scotland skiller Rob Wainwright says statistics and trophies are only one part of the story of any sportsman.

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Jeffrey highlights the last six years of Doddie's life, saying his jokes became more embarrassing, his humour more childish, his pranks more outrageous and his tartan suits more outlandish. Jonah Lomu (New Zealand): “He took the 1995 World Cup by storm. There were plenty of players who were six foot five and nearly nineteen stone, but none I knew who could run the 100m sprint in 11 seconds.”It is different at night when he lies in the dark, unable to move. “I can’t even turn over in bed. It’s like an alarm going off in my toes and I have to tell Kathy to turn me over every two hours.”