DODDIE Aid 2023 is going ahead as planned and Stuart Hogg who captains Team South is appealing for fellow Borderers to sign up and “make the big man proud.”

Doddie Aid is a virtual mass-participation exercise event founded by former Scotland captain, Rob Wainwright, that lasts for six weeks from 1 January 2023.

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Participants can join one of six teams representing the North and Midlands of Scotland, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Wales, Team South which includes the Scottish Borders and the Barbarians for everyone else.

Hogg said: “We are all deeply saddened by the news of Doddie’s passing. What a legacy he leaves behind. A gentle giant and one hell of a rugby player.

“All the work that he has done for motor neuron disease and the My name’5 Doddie Foundation is just the beginning.

“We are going to kick start, we are going to increase it and make it even bigger and better than it was before.

“And that starts with Doddie Aid 2023. Please get involved. Download the app ‘Doddie Aid’ and run, swim, cycle, canoe, whatever you want to do, get involved.

“There is only one thing I would like you to do, and that is to join Team South, or as we’d call it Team Sooth.

“We’ve got big names. We’ve got Greg Laidlaw, Lee McKenzie, Carl Hogg, Neil McIlroy, Jill Douglas.

“And we want you to get involved as well.

“All the work that Doddie’s done, let’s continue that legacy and make the big man proud.”

Highly decorated Olympian Eve Muirhead will captain North and Mids, Sir Chris Hoy will captain Edinburgh, renowned podcaster Ryan Wilson will captain Glasgow, former Wales legend Scott Quinnell will captain Wales and SAS Who Dares wins star Jason Fox will captain the Barbarians.