An ex-teammate of the late Doddie Weir has praised the rugby great for giving motor neurone disease a voice as he prepares to raise funds for research.
Andy Nicol and his fellow 1988 Scotland schoolboys teammates will take on an 88km (55 miles) challenge to raise cash for the My Name’5 Doddie Foundation.
The Doddie 88 challenge aims to raise £88,000 and involves a 65km cycle and 23km walk from the Borders to the Doddie statue at Murrayfield on March 16 and 17.
Weir died last November aged 52 after a six-year battle with MND. He set up the foundation in 2017 to further research into the disease.
Ex-Scotland captain Nicol is one of 22 surviving members of the Scottish schools’ side that toured New Zealand in 1988 who will take on the challenge.
Nicol, who won 23 caps for Scotland, said: “Doddie was a force of nature when he was alive so we are duty-bound to keep that legacy going now that he is no longer with us.”
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