Match of the Day host Gary Lineker has paid a heartfelt tribute to Eddie Butler following his untimely death.
Ex-Wales captain and long-time BBC commentator Butler died in his sleep on a charity trek in Peru at the age of 65 on Thursday. The news prompted an outpouring of emotion from across Wales and further afield, with colleagues and friends Jonathan Davies and Brian Moore leading the messages of condolence.
Butler represented his country 16 times, captaining them on six of those occasions, while also turning out for the British & Irish Lions but he was probably better known for his time behind the microphone, commentating on Six Nations games and providing his tones for emotion-dripped voiceovers.
