Pete Horne says he is looking forward to seeing a permanent tribute to Doddie Weir being unveiled at some point in the hopefully near future, following the former Scotland forward’s death on Saturday at the end of a brave five-and-a-half-year battle against the ravaging effects of Motor Neurone Disease.
A campaign has been launched calling for one of the stands at Murrayfield Stadium to be re-named in the great man’s memory, with an online petition attracting several thousand signatures. The erection of a statue has also been mooted as an appropriate way to celebrate and commemorate Weir’s life and many achievements as a player, a personality and an activist in the battle against Motor Neurone Disease.
“He’ll be sorely missed, but his legacy will live on forever, and I’m sure some kind of tribute to him will be in the pipeline,” said Horne. “He was just such a special man and character. When he entered a room, he just filled it with his presence.
