Bairnardo Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 Real sad. Doddie Weir plight has transcended rugby. I know this because I'm not a great fan but found his story, his fight, and the work he done hugely touching. Knew that his eventual demise would make me feel sad and so it had. RIP big daft lad. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Jacobsen Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 The BBC programme a few years ago was a tough watch, especially the ending. As @Bairnardohas already said, he was some fighter, both in his private life and his charity work. Knew I'd shed a few tears when he passed and I did. RIP you mad giraffe. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbornbairn Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 (edited) Aye, a wee tear tonight for a very big man. ETA a wee donation to his charity is in order I think. Edited November 26, 2022 by Newbornbairn 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donathan Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 Gutted for his family but relieved his suffering is over. The cruelest of cruel diseases. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Kincardine Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 A big rugby player who became a bigger man and graced us all. Laughed like a drain, apparently, when Bill McLaren described him as being, "On the charge like a mad giraffe". RIP Doddie. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gianfranco Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 Aye I cried a wee bit earlier. I don’t remember him as a player but his fight has been inspirational. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Distant Doonhamer Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 I know Tom English isn't everyone's cup of tea but his BBC article tonight on Doddie is very good IMHO. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/63688926 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajwffc Posted November 27, 2022 Share Posted November 27, 2022 I know Tom English isn't everyone's cup of tea but his BBC article tonight on Doddie is very good IMHO. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/63688926 Articles like that are the one thing he is good at 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arch Stanton Posted November 27, 2022 Share Posted November 27, 2022 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajwffc Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 Some decent stats 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dundeefc1783 Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 Absolutely brilliant video. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honest_Man#1 Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 Six Nations ticket prices are really getting wild now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 On 28/11/2022 at 11:59, dundeefc1783 said: Absolutely brilliant video. Will Carling may have the most punchable face in the history of faces. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob in Denny Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 On 29/11/2022 at 11:53, Honest_Man#1 said: Six Nations ticket prices are really getting wild now. Turning into a money grab... I see no U-18 tickets for Ireland or the Wales game but available for the Italy one... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honestly united Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 Im sure our tickets are actually less than last time - we were £80 4 years ago vs Wales and only £60 this time out for much the same area, but closer to pitch side. On the otherhand when we went to Wales this year they had added £20 to price from last visit that was voided by Covid 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAD Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 6 minutes ago, honestly united said: Im sure our tickets are actually less than last time - we were £80 4 years ago vs Wales and only £60 this time out for much the same area, but closer to pitch side. On the otherhand when we went to Wales this year they had added £20 to price from last visit that was voided by Covid Yeah, I actually think Scotland is one of the cheapest, but the prices are still mental. I feel you may have got lucky with your area being re-evaluated or something as £60 odd tickets I'm sure are the old bronze tickets which I think were about £50 before. I found an old ticket for Twickenham from the first time I went in 2013, £35. By the last time I went, 2019, the same ticket was £125. Also, my ticket up in the gods in Cardiff last season was well over £100. I'm pretty resigned to just watching it on TV now. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honestly united Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 25 minutes ago, GAD said: Yeah, I actually think Scotland is one of the cheapest, but the prices are still mental. I feel you may have got lucky with your area being re-evaluated or something as £60 odd tickets I'm sure are the old bronze tickets which I think were about £50 before. I found an old ticket for Twickenham from the first time I went in 2013, £35. By the last time I went, 2019, the same ticket was £125. Also, my ticket up in the gods in Cardiff last season was well over £100. I'm pretty resigned to just watching it on TV now. yeah we may be a differenet tier this time, but only difference is we are pitchside rather than half way up the stand. Yeah we were £100 last time in Cardiff, we do the Wales game every year, and to be honest prefer Cardiff to Edinburgh 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 Thoughts? Inclined to agree with Cusiter here, could see the point if Cooney was 25 or 26, but why shoehorn in a guy who might only be around forr a year or two? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honestly united Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 At be 16 hours ago, peasy23 said: Thoughts? Inclined to agree with Cusiter here, could see the point if Cooney was 25 or 26, but why shoehorn in a guy who might only be around forr a year or two? I dont think he would be any higher up the pecking order with us rather than Ireland, at best he would be 3rd or 4th choice, maybe even lower down the pecking order. Its not a position we are struggling for options for, he would maybe get 1 or 2 years at best out of him. I get Dempsey as its a position we are short of options, and he still has plenty of years left, I would be suprised if we entertained Conney. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAD Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 Nah, Cooney's a great player I think. As far as I've heard he's basically been blackballed by Ireland because Sexton doesn't like him and that's the one and only reason he's not playing regularly for them. I'd take him for the world cup, I know it would upset some, but I think he would bring something to the squad alongside Price and White. Tough for Horne, but I'm not sure Townsend rates him these days anyway. He'd also be absolutely desperate to get it up Ireland. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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