a serious knee injury, as a result of foul play, while playing against Mpumalanga Province. His time in the national side declined in later years as the next generation of locks emerged, with the likes of Stuart Grimes and eventual Scotland cap record holder Scott Murray coming into the team. His final appearance was in the Six Nations Championship match against France at Murrayfield, on 4 March 2000. In February 2001 he captained the Scotland A side. He won 61 Scottish caps, scoring 19 points from four tries (his first scoring four points under the old scoring system). After playing career In 2005, having retired from professional rugby, Weir settled in to the 300-acre Bluecairn Farm, located only a few miles from where he was brought up at Cortleferry. He went on to work for Hutchinson Environmental Solutions, a waste management company that was started by his father-in-law. Weir was given the position of commercial director. He was also active on the after-dinner speech circuit. He occasionally made appearances in his distinctive tartan suits on television, including work as a pundit for the BBC as part of the half-time analysis during Scotland matches and commentating at the Melrose Sevens. Illness and campaigning In June 2017, Weir announced that he had been diagnosed with motor neuron disease (MND), the announcement coinciding with global MND Awareness Day. He had been told by a specialist in December that he had MND with a prediction that he would be unable to walk within a year. In August 2017, he spoke about plans to set up a foundation named "My Name'5 Doddie" in order to "raise funds for research into a cure for MND and to provide grants to people living with the condition". In November, accompanied by his wife and three sons, he walked the match ball on to the pitch at Murrayfield for the Autumn international test match between Scotland and the All Blacks. At the outset Weir viewed himself as lucky to have been able to be involved with campaigning and fundraising while still raising his family. My Name's Doddie: The Autobiography was published on 25 October 2018 through Black & White Publishing. On 31 October 2018, Weir appeared on BBC One's The One Show, where he stated that his charity had now raised over £1 million. By March 2019, the foundation had committed to distribute more than £2 million from funds