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Doddie Weir was called a 'giant amongst big men' by his former team-mate Gavin Hastings.

Rugby Union 'A giant amongst big men': Weir tributes pour in from rugby and sporting world

Former Scotland team doctor Donald Macleod presents Finn Russell with his first cap following his debut against the United States in Houston in 2014. Picture: Craig Watson/SNS

Rugby Union Donald Macleod: tributes to former Scotland doctor and SRU past president

Rugby Union Donald Macleod: tributes to former Scotland doctor and SRU past president

Rugby Union Phil Bennett: Tributes to Welsh rugby great who has died at 73

Rugby Union Finn Russell: 'Several reasons why this has not been my best season'

Rugby Union Tom Smith: Tributes to ‘greatest Scotland player of the professional era’

Rugby Union Ali Price: New Glasgow deal caps week to remember for Scotland star

People Obituary: Ernie Michie, Scottish rugby internationalist with lifelong love of th...

Rugby Union South Africa director of rugby Erasmus banned for Lions rant

Rugby Union Stuart Hogg surprised ahead of creating rugby history against South Africa

Rugby Union Stuart Hogg wary of Boks’ ‘big angry men’ but Scotland weigh in heavier

Rugby Union Sandy Carmichael: One of Scotland’s bravest rugby players dies at age of 77

Rugby Union Jim Telfer is one of six new inductees into World Rugby Hall of Fame

Rugby Union Warriors return for Lions Price and Fagerson

Rugby Union Hogg urged not to dwell on past as Scotland captain prepares for Exeter return

Rugby Union Lions legends call on World Rugby to make game safer 'before player dies on TV'

Rugby Union How the Lions rated as South Africa won the third Test to clinch the series

Rugby Union Finn Russell’s Lions heroics in vain as veteran Steyn clinches series for Boks

Rugby Union Lions Tour 2021: Kyle Sinckler citing dismissed after biting allegation

Rugby Union Lions name third Test team: Good news for Duhan van der Merwe, Ali Price

Rugby Union Lions Tour 2021: Rassie Erasmus charged with misconduct over video rant

Letters Watching paint dry is more exciting than watching the Lions - Readers' Letters

Rugby Union Lions player cited for biting

Rugby Union Stuart Hogg denies biting during Lions' loss to South Africa in second Test

Rugby Union How the British and Irish Lions rated against South Africa in second Test defeat

Rugby Union Stuart Hogg says he’s ‘hyper’ as Lions on cusp of a series win in South Africa

Rugby Union Rassie Erasmus in hour-long video rant about first Lions Test

Rugby Union South Africa makes three changes for second Test against Lions

Rugby Union Ali Price and Rory Sutherland drop out of Lions starting team for second Test

Rugby Union Finn Russell could be fit to play for Lions in the second Test

Rugby Union Rassie Erasmus steps up his criticism of British and Irish Lions on social media

Rugby Union How the British and Irish Lions rated against South Africa in first Test win

Rugby Union First blood to the Lions as five Scots help them defeat South Africa

Rugby Union Gatland on why he picked Hogg, van der Merwe and Price for first Lions Test

Rugby Union Rory Sutherland to start for Lions v South Africa after injury to Wyn Jones

Rugby Union Duhan van der Merwe insists he has nothing to prove to South Africa

Rugby Union Lions Tour 2021: Warren Gatland ‘furious’ about South African TMO at first Test

Rugby Union Most Scots in a British & Irish Lions Test team for 24 years

Rugby Union Duhan van der Merwe needs to be braced for ‘verbals’ from South Africa

Rugby Union All you need to know ahead of the British and Irish Lions tour this summer

Rugby Union Hogg, van der Merwe and Price in line to start for Lions in first Test

Rugby Union Boks wary of threat posed by Lions under the attacking guidance of Townsend

Rugby Union British and Irish Lions Tests in South Africa switched to Cape Town

Rugby Union Zander Fagerson signs long-term contract with Glasgow Warriors

Rugby Union Siya Kolisi passed fit to play for South Africa in first Test against Lions

Rugby Union Rory Sutherland’s Test credentials endorsed by veteran Lion

International Son of 1990 Scotland Grand Slam hero heads to Tokyo Olympics - with New Zealand

Rugby Union Ali Price steals the show as Scots put their Lions credentials on the line

Rugby Union How the Lions rated in their final match before the Test series in South Africa

Rugby Union Alun Wyn Jones makes winning return as British and Irish Lions see off Stormers

Rugby Union How the British and Irish Lions rated in the defeat by South Africa A

Rugby Union Stuart Hogg back with the Lions and will play against the Stormers

Rugby Union Alun Wyn Jones passed fit to rejoin the British and Irish Lions in South Africa

Rugby Union Gregor Townsend absent but still has input as Lions prepare for toughest test

Rugby Union South Africa look to unifying influence of rugby as rioting escalates

Rugby Union Alun Wyn Jones could make remarkable return to Lions squad after rapid recovery

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Rugby Union 'A giant amongst big men': Weir tributes pour in from rugby and sporting world

Rugby Union Doddie Weir, Scottish rugby legend, dies at 52

Rugby Union Doddie Weir: Scotland’s gentle giant who never lost his positive outlook