beautifully fed onto doddie weir...f this country's most popular sportsman. when he goes like that he's like a mad giraffe but he's got great skills. a carolling figure on the field he now finds himself in the biggest fight of his life. the emotion... you almost want to try and grow up with your kids, don't you? our eldest is now 16 one half, 17 in september. will you be able to drive and help him? will you not? when did you start, when did it move to something changing? probably 18 months to maybe two years ago. caught my left hand in a door on the farm and being an old rugby boy come farmer you go how it's a bit tender and i've lost a bit of poll in the hand andi and i've lost a bit of poll in the hand and i thought it's ok, maybe broke a little bone but it will be 0k, it will broke a little bone but it will be ok, it will soon mend and fix but during the winter it got progressively worse and i'm not a lot of power in the left—hand. that it's not too bad. if i were to go and try and squeeze you could put a sponge... t

and for the first time since being diagnosed in december former scotland rugby player doddie weir hasterms with the illness and about his worries for the future. in his 61 caps for scotland doddie weir proved to be one of the most popular sportsman in his country. he has got great skills... a towering figure on the field now finds himself in the biggest fight of his life. the raw emotion, you always wa nt to life. the raw emotion, you always want to grow up with your kids. my eldest now is 16, 17 in december. will you be able to drive and help them, will you not. when did you first noticed something changing? probably 18 months, two years ago. i caught my left hand in a door on the farm. being an old rugby boy you know how it is, it was a bit tender andi know how it is, it was a bit tender and i lost a bit of power in my hand. i thought i will be ok, it will cement. but during winter months it got progressively worse andi months it got progressively worse and i lost a lot of power in my left hand. that bid is not too bad but if i try to squeeze, you could put a sponge, that is as hard

former scotland and british lions forward doddie weir has been speaking to the bbc about his battle withember of the 1997 british and irish lions squad which won a historic series in south africa. he's been speaking to bbc scotland's john beattie about the effects of the disease. it was twitching, and with that i saw the doctor, the doctor put me in touch with a specialist, and it still may be took three or four macro months. i can see your hands have changed. definitely, both hands, it has certainly affected my grip and everything. so that bit is not too bad, but if i was to go and try and squeeze, you could put a sponge, that is as hard as i could get. very difficult for me to squash a sponge get. very difficult for me to squash a sponge cake. so doing difficult tasks like a title button, very tricky, so it has come on, but we have to remember, two years of having this condition. that is a cracking suit! you can hear more from that interview in sportsday and 6:30. the west indies are currently 186-2, 6:30. the west indies are currently 186—2, just before tea in the second test. leah wi