Doddie Weir and, left, Gary Armstrong playing for Scotland against Italy in 1998. (Photo by Dave Rogers/Allsport/Getty Images/Hulton Archive)Doddie Weir and, left, Gary Armstrong playing for Scotland against Italy in 1998. (Photo by Dave Rogers/Allsport/Getty Images/Hulton Archive)
Doddie Weir and, left, Gary Armstrong playing for Scotland against Italy in 1998. (Photo by Dave Rogers/Allsport/Getty Images/Hulton Archive)

In pictures: The dozen Borderers in Scottish Rugby's hall of fame

Former Melrose and Newcastle Falcons star Doddie Weir’s addition to Scottish Rugby’s hall of fame has taken the number of Borderers in its esteemed ranks up to a dozen.

The 50-year-old’s induction, announced back in July but, due to difficulties posed by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, not formalised by the handover of a trophy until the end of October, means the region now accounts for not far short of half of that 27-strong gallery of heroes of the sport.

Weir, now a campaigner for research into treatments for motor neurone disease following his diagnosis with that currently-incurable condition in December 2016, was presented with his honour in a barn at his farm at Blainslie, near Lauder, by another of the region’s members of the hall of fame, Chris Paterson.

Here’s a picture gallery of all 12 of our members of the hall of fame ...