Duncan Weir (born 10 May 1991) is a

Scotland Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the ...

international

rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...

rugby player. He plays professional rugby for

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side

Glasgow Warriors Glasgow Warriors are a professional rugby union side from Scotland. The team plays in the United Rugby Championship league and in the European Professional Club Rugby tournaments. In the 2014–15 season they won the Pro12 title and became t ...

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Rugby Union career

Amateur career

Weir was educated at Cathkin High School. He played for

Cambuslang RFC Cambuslang RFC is a rugby union side based in Cambuslang, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. The team was established in 1903. They play their home games at Coats Park. They currently play in . History On 7 August 1903, a meeting was held under t ...

. Weir was drafted to

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for the 2010-11 and 2011-12 seasons. Drafting meant he could play for an amateur side when not used by his professional club. Weir was drafted to Aberdeen GSFP for the 2012-13 season; and Stirling County for the 2013-14 season. In the 2014-15 season, Weir was drafted to

Currie Currie ( gd, Currach, IPA: �kʰuːᵲəx is a village and suburb on the outskirts of Edinburgh, Scotland, situated south west of the city centre. Formerly within the County of Midlothian, it now falls within the jurisdiction of the City of Edi ...

; at the time Currie - an Edinburgh club - was nominally under Glasgow Warriors' purview. Weir's move to Edinburgh Rugby meant that he was then drafted to amateur clubs under Edinburgh's purview instead. So Weir was drafted to

Hawick Hawick ( ; sco, Haaick; gd, Hamhaig) is a town in the Scottish Borders council area and historic county of Roxburghshire in the east Southern Uplands of Scotland. It is south-west of Jedburgh and south-south-east of Selkirk. It is one of ...

in 2016-17; and then Boroughmuir for season 2017-18.

Professional career

Weir made his professional competitive debut for

on 23 April 2010 against

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in the

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, becoming Glasgow Warrior No. 181. In March 2014, Weir signed a new two-year contract with Glasgow Warriors. He won the

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title with Glasgow in season 2014-15. On 24 January 2016, Weir left Glasgow to join

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rivals

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on a two-year deal from the 2016-17 season. After racking up 221 points in 30 games during his time at BT Murrayfield Stadium, he left Edinburgh to join English side

Worcester Warriors Worcester Warriors Rugby Football Club is a professional rugby union club, based in Worcester, England, that is currently in Administration (law), administration and which has been suspended and will be relegated from Premiership Rugby, the top ...

in the

Premiership Rugby Premiership Rugby, officially known as Gallagher Premiership Rugby, or the Gallagher Premiership for sponsorship reasons, is an English professional rugby union competition. The Premiership has consisted of thirteen clubs since 2021, and is the ...

on a one-year deal. Weir continued to perform at Worcester and in December 2018, he signed a new two-year extension with the club. On 13 January 2021, Weir returned home to Scotland to re-join

which started his professional career ahead of the 2021-22 season.

International career

Weir was reserve Fly-Half for Scotland's 2013 Six Nations campaign but with Scotland failing to score tries, Weir's Glasgow teammate Ruaridh Jackson was dropped and Weir stepped in. He started Scotland's final two games in the Championship which Scotland finished in third place. Weir was starting fly-half for Scotland's 2014 Six Nations having impressed in Glasgow's successful season. He scored a last minute Drop-goal to beat Italy in Rome for the first time since 2006. Weir received a call-up to the

squad for the

2017 Six Nations Championship The 2017 Six Nations Championship was the 18th series of the Six Nations Championship, the annual northern hemisphere rugby union championship. The tournament was also known as the RBS 6 Nations because of the tournament's sponsorship by NatWest ...

. Weir was called up to Scotland’s extended Six Nations squad in 2019 after an outstanding first season with Worcester Warriors. His consistent form coupled with Scotland’s decision to suspend

Finn Russell Finn Alastair Russell (born 23 September 1992) is a Scottish professional rugby union player who primarily plays fly-half for Racing 92 in the Top 14. He has also represented Scotland at international level, having made his test debut against t ...

for a breach of team protocols led to another recall ahead of the 2020 Six Nations.

References

External links

Worcester Warriors ProfileUltimate Rugby Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Weir, Duncan 1991 births Living people Aberdeen GSFP RFC players Boroughmuir RFC players Cambuslang RFC players Currie RFC players Edinburgh Rugby players Glasgow Hawks players Glasgow Warriors players Hawick RFC players People educated at Cathkin High School Rugby union fly-halves Rugby union players from Rutherglen Scotland international rugby union players Scottish rugby union players Stirling County RFC players Worcester Warriors players