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'I said take a bit off the back and sides and then just make the top a bit fluffier'
Duncan Weir has given himself a new look for 2021, getting the amazing hairstyle that accompanied his return to the Scotland No10 shirt cut to raise around £16,000 for Acorns Hospice, a charity the Worcester out-half says is close to his heart.
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Weir tweeted on January 3 that he had visited the barbers to get his extraordinary lid cut and in an interview subsequent interview on The Rugby Pod, he explained the reason why he grew it in the first place and gave his thoughts when he returned to the Scotland side in November following a 44-month gap in between Test starts.
“I said take a bit off the back and sides and then just make the top a bit fluffier,” he explained when asked by The Rugby Pod to recall what he told the barber to do when he sat in the chair to get his hair cut.
“To be fair he has done a good job. It was an old academy boy at Worcester when I first came down who done the chop. It was good to catch up. It did take him an hour and a half to get all that hair off. It was a good old trim up.
“The last month, that stage when it’s not that short anymore, was probably the most annoying. But Acorns is a charity that is really close to us at Worcester Warriors. Recently becoming a father of two kids, that charity was close to the heartstrings and it was an easy decision (to let it grow).
Before, middle, end. Thanks for the support and kind donations!! @AcornsHospice pic.twitter.com/VtwEn4YbE8
— Duncan Weir (@duncan_weir) January 3, 2021
“I have always had a mental head of hair. It has always been wiry. It was a bit of fun. 2020 has had its challenges for a lot of people, businesses and charities being hit hard. It was an easy decision and it’s pretty mental it raised over £16,000. I’m blown away with how kind people have been and the support and donations have really meant a lot.”
November is traditionally the time of year where international players grow moustaches for the Movember charity campaign, but Weir’s head of hair, which was on show for the games against Italy and France, was a marked contrast to the usual goings-on.
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“It was good exposure for the charity,” he said. “As soon as you got a hairband on there it was good as gold. As soon as it wasn’t in my eyes I didn’t really care. I had enough things to be worrying about on the rugby pitch, boss the team around.
“It was a great experience being back out there with Scotland. I thoroughly enjoyed it. For me, it was probably the most relaxed I have been in a Scotland jersey. I just looked to go and express myself and enjoy it, soak it up because I had been waiting a long time to get back in the ten jersey.
“To be honest I was walking into a really good side so I just had to know my basics and boss around the team which I quite enjoyed doing. It was really enjoyable.”
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Bar the injuries, it’s pretty much their top team …
2 Go to commentsDon’t disagree with much of this but it appears you forgot Rodda and Beale, who started at the Force on the weekend.
9 Go to commentsExcept for the injured Zach Gallagher this would be Saders best forward pack for the season. Blackadder needs to stay at 7, for all of Christies tackling he is not dominant and offers very little else. McNicholfullback is maybe a good option, Fihaki not really upto it, there was a reason Burke played there last year. Maybe Havilli to 2nd five McLeod to wing. Need a strong winger on 1 side to compliment Reece
1 Go to commentsTo me TJ is clearly the best 9 in the competition right now but he's also a proven player off the bench, there's few playmaking players who can come off the bench as calm and settled as he is, Beauden can, TJ can and I doubt any of the scrumhalves in contention can, if they want to experiment with new 9s I want him on the bench ready to step in if they crumble under the pressure. The Boks put their best front row on the bench, I'd like to see us take a similar approach, the Hurricanes have been doing similar things with players like Kirifi.
35 Go to commentsROG has better chance to win a WC if he starts training and make himself eligible as a player. He won’t make the Ireland squad but I reckon he may get close with Namibia (needs to improve his Afrikaans) or Portugal. Both sides had 1000:1 odds to win the RWC in 2023 which is an improvement on ROG’s odds of winning a RWC as a coach. Unlike Top 14 teams, national teams can’t go shopping and buy the best players - you work with the available talent pool and turn them into world beaters.
2 Go to commentsthat backline nope that backline is terrible why would you have sevu Reece when he’s not even top 5 wingers in the comp why have Blackadder when there’s better players no Scott barret isn’t an automatic the guy is more of a liability than anything why have him there when you have samipeni who’s far far better
35 Go to commentsAh, good to find you Nick. Agree with everything about Cale. So much to like about his game
49 Go to commentsNot too bad. Questions at 6, lock and HB for me. The ABs will be a lot stronger once Jordan and Roigard return. Also, work needs to be made to secure Frizzell back for next season and maybe also Mo’unga; they’re just wasting time playing in japan
35 Go to commentsOn the title, i wonder for many of those people it is a case something like a belief in working smarter, not harder?
1 Go to commentsForget Sotutu. One of those whose top level is Super Rugby. Id take a punt on Wallace Sititi Finau ahead of Glass body Blackadder.
35 Go to commentsI’m a pensioner so I've been around a bit. My opinion of SBW is he is an elite athlete and a great New Zealander and roll model. He has been to the top and knows what he's talking about. To all the negative comments regarding SBW the typical New Zealand way, cut that tall poppy down.
17 Go to commentsI'm not listening to a guy moralise over others when this is the guy who walked out mid season on Canterbury RLFC when he had a contract with them, what a hypocrite. All the Kiwis sticking up for this unprincipled individual because they can't accept justified criticism, he has zero credibility or integrity. Those praising him are a joke.
17 Go to commentsI’d put Finau at 6 instead of Blackadder but that’s the only change I’d make. Can’t wait to see who Razor picks.
35 Go to commentsTamati Williams, Codie Taylor, and Same Cane? Not sure about Hoskins Sotutu at test level. Wasn’t that impressive last season. Need a balance between experience and talent/youth.
35 Go to commentsInteresting insight. Fantastic athlete, and a genuine human being.
17 Go to commentsThey played at night in Suva last weekend and it’s an afternoon game forecast for 19 degrees in Canberra this weekend. Heat change is a non issue.
2 Go to commentsWishing Rosie a speedy recovery
1 Go to commentsObscene that SA haven’t been knocking
1 Go to commentsChances of Blackadder being injured seem too high to give him serious consideration. ABs loosie combination finally looked good with 2 committed to tackling and clearing rucks in the centre and Ardie roaming. Hoskins/Ardie together would force one of them into where they don’t excel and don’t get to use their talent, or require a change in tactics. If we continue to evolve last years systems I would take Papali’i and Finau at 6 and 7 (conceding that Blackadder will be injured) and Ardie at 8.
35 Go to commentsArdie’s preferred position 7? Where do they get these writers from? I've no idea where he's playing in Japan, but the previous two seasons he wore the 7 jersey exactly twice.
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