A touching tribute was paid to the late Welsh rugby commentator Eddie Butler seconds before Wales’ crunch Group B World Cup clash against Iran in Qatar.
Butler, a former Wales captain and an icon behind the commentator’s microphone, passed away at the age of 65 in September. As Wales walked out onto the pitch in Al Rayyan in Qatar on Friday morning for their second game at the World Cup, a former BBC colleague paid a fitting and emotional tribute to the “great Welshman”.
Steve Bower, leading the commentary team for BBC One’s coverage of the game alongside former Wales defender Danny Gabbidon, spoke about Butler just before the Welsh players belted out Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau on the pitch.
