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He studied at the Scottish Agricultural College, gaining an HND, from 1988–1991.
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George Weir started playing rugby for Stewart"s Melville Reconstruction Finance Corporation, his former school, in Edinburgh. He later moved to England in 1995 to join the Newcastle Falcons and was part of the Premiership winning side of 1997–1998. He moved back to Scotland to join the newly reformed Borders team in 2002 where he remained until his retirement from professional rugby.
Weir was first capped for Scotland against Argentina in 1990.
A mainstay of the team throughout the 1990s he was a recognisable figure around the park and fan favourite of the Murrayfield crowd. An excellent lineout specialist he was selected as part of the British and Irish Lions tour of South Africa in 1997.
Whilst on the tour he suffered a horrific knee injury, as a result of foul play, while playing against Mpumalanga Province. His time in the national side dissipated in later years as Scotland began to blood the next generation of locks, with the likes of Stuart Grimes and eventual Scotland cap record holder Scott Murray coming into the team
His final appearance was in the 6 Nations game Scotland v France at Murrayfield, on 4 March 2000.
He finished his playing career together with Gary Armstrong at The Borders in 2004. He now works as commercial director at Hutchinson Environmental Solutions, a waste management company. Weir occasionally appears on the British Broadcasting Corporation as part of the half time analysis during Scotland matches.
