- Scottish swimmer Archie Goodburn will deliver the match ball at Scotland's Nations Championship rugby match against Australia at Murrayfield on 15 November.
- The 25-year-old Commonwealth Games competitor and 50m breaststroke record holder was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumour in 2024.
- Goodburn is using the event to raise awareness and donations for Brain Tumour Research and the Astro Brain Tumour Fund.
- He recently met with prime minister Andy Burnham and Scotland's first minister John Swinney to advocate for increased brain cancer support.
- Goodburn highlighted that brain cancer is the biggest cancer killer of people under 40 in the UK, yet receives less than two per cent of the national cancer budget.
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