My Name'5 DODDIE: The Autobiography

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Carl Hogg said Weir gave everyone "magical memories" while Rob Wainright described him as one of the game's best-loved icons. Basically it is a muscle wasting disease and that’s how in the later life of MND it is horrific because you need help everywhere.

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Doddie Weir with fellow former international John Jeffrey before Scotland’s 2020 Six Nations match against England at Murrayfield. Photograph: Stu Forster/Getty Images Doddie Weir now sometimes uses Eyegaze software to help him communicate, which helps to give him independence at home. Photograph: Murdo MacLeod/The Guardian Kathy rolls her eyes. “He’s got a betting account. But he’s run out of money on it and I refuse to top it up.”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?

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He said: “She has been on the journey with me. She was there when I got told I had MND. She burst into tears but with the rugby resilience I knew what I had, I knew what the issue was so when he said to me ‘you have got this’ I thought I’ll go and fight this. Then I did the dreaded Google ...then I thought oh oh.” She said the service, which has just concluded at Melrose Parish Church, gave everyone attending a chance to pay their respects. 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.Last week Doddie and Kathy went to the 25th reunion of the Lions tour of South Africa. All the players’ wives and partners were included at the emotional gathering in Stratford-upon-Avon which meant Tom Smith’s widow, Zoe, was also there. Doddie had been close to Smith, the Scottish prop who was such a revelation in South Africa but died from colon cancer in April. “It was so sad Tom wasn’t there,” Kathy says, “but it was lovely to see Zoe. She’s amazing.” Tony Stanger (Scotland):“Probably Scotland’s greatest ever finisher. He was key as we won the 1990 Grand Slam.”

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Carl Hogg describes Doddie Weir as a "man of principle" and says "woe betide" anyone who crossed him. The boys are all shy smiles as they deliver their third of the tribute, a laugh for the line "we'll see outrageous tartan suits appear at every level". He touched our heartstrings to the end. His life and times were magic," - the final line of a poem read by Doddie Weir's three sons at his memorial service The Daily Record told last month how a new UK-wide trial – called MND-SMART – aiming to find treatments which can slow, stop or reverse disease progression had been partly funded by Doddie’s charity.But he admits, “It’s a lot harder now. I’ve got a lot slower. I am totally dependent on other people doing everything for me.” 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. In June 2017, Weir, the former Scotland rugby international, revealed he had been diagnosed with the desease Former Scotland international John Jeffrey - famously known throughout his career as JJ - is next with his tribute. We caught up with Doddie about the behind the scenes story of what this time has been like. Could you tell me a bit about your decision to release your latest book, Doddie’s Diary?