Former Scotland forward Doddie Weir has died aged 52.
Here, the PA news agency takes a pictorial look back over his life, his career and his fund-raising work for research into motor neurone disease.
Weir excelled early in his career at Newcastle (Barry Batchelor/PA)
Weir, right, and Scotland team-mate Damian Cronin pose with a cockerel ahead of a Five Nations game against France (Chris Bacon/PA)
Weir wins a line-out ball against Spain (PA)
Weir, right, receives the Helen Rollason Award from The Princess Royal at the 2019 BBC Sports Personality of the Year awards (PA)
Scotland wore a one-off kit with numbers in Weir’s tartan, in honour of his motor neurone disease foundation, for their recent game against New Zealand (PA)
Weir with Kevin Sinfield ahead of day one of the Ultra 7 in 7 Challenge from Murrayfield to Melrose (PA)
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