Warrior Weir keen for move home to Glasgow
TALKS that could see Duncan Weir return to Glasgow Warriors are ongoing, with the stand-off keen on a move back north if a deal can be struck.
Weir left Glasgow for Edinburgh in 2016, before moving to Worcester Warriors two years later and has played some of his best rugby at Sixways.
“We’ll wait and see how these conversations go,” Weir told The Rugby Paper. “They have gone well so far but I’m waiting for it to pick up again after the festive break.
“It’s been really good – it’s been quite easy. I want to be able to chew their hand off. I want to go for the right reasons and make sure I go back to play a part at the club if I do go back.
“I feel I’m a good age now and I feel like my best rugby is around the corner. Rugby is the main priority of the decision-making.”
While discussions with Scottish Rugby are ongoing, Weir is also speaking to Worcester about extending his time at Sixways.
“The conversations are going on in the background between the club and my agent,” Weir added.
“We’ve got a nice bubble of friends down here and we’ve bought a house here as well, so we’re really happy and I’m under no pressure from my family to jump at any opportunity to move home to Glasgow.”
Worcester this week confirmed the arrival of Duhan van der Merwe, right, from Edinburgh, and Weir knows the wing will be an excellent signing for the club, having played alongside him during the Autumn Nations Cup.
He said: “He’s a quality player and he’s the type of X-factor player who can win a game singlehandedly.
“He’s a freak athlete who can change a game and hopefully he can replicate what he’s been doing at Edinburgh, and with Scotland.”
While decisions remain for the stand-off about his future on the pitch, away from it, he’s raised more than £16,000 for Acorns
Children’s Hospice by growing his hair during lockdown.
He finally visited the barbers last weekend, and Weir has been blown away by the response to his unique fundraising idea.
“Now that it’s been off for a few days, I quite miss it,” he joked.
“The idea came out of nowhere and at the start a couple of grand would’ve been great, but when you tally up what has been raised, it’s pretty frightening that a head of hair has done that and will help people. I’m blown away with the support.”