A Land Roughly the Size of Wales

A wonderfully written piece capturing the essence of Welsh rugby. Read by BBC rugby union commentator and former Welsh international Eddie Butler.
The rights of this footage belongs to Scrum V and the BBC.

[@BritonFerryLegend]

Rest in peace Eddie the voice of Welsh rugby

[@flaproulette]

I'm English, for me he's the voice of Rugby in general. It will never be the same.

[@ThistleThings]

2nd’d

[@shamr0ck]

@@flaproulette A voice from wales who's echo stretched far beyond Wales.

[@Nick_Barre]

Found this today on hearing the news that Eddie Butler has died. An epic voice. RIP.

[@owenL]

Eddie Butler - the Pride of Wales.

[@conor7841]

No doubt the dragon flew extra high in the sky to get this Welsh legend to heaven he deserves, Thank you Eddie and RIP 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@youngyy4895]

No one will ever get me pumped up for the match the way Eddie butlers commentary did, I watch this before going to watch Wales every time🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿. Rest In Peace

[@shamr0ck]

Eddie Butler, a voice from Wales whose echo stretched far beyond Wales.

[@thomasreger6392]

Eddie's voice will never be forgotten. Ruhe in Frieden

[@DRM1891]

As soon as I heard his voice I teared up a bit. What a tragic loss. Rest in peace, Eddie Butler.

[@niallevans3315]

Bless you Eddie. Listening to the rugby won't be the same without you. RIP

[@habib-mf1fu]

A legend. I get goosebumps everytime I hear his voice. Will be sadly missed

[@MegaHooper25]

His intros to the six nations gave me chills.

[@conrad152]

Eddie Butler a brilliant wordsmith, with a sublime voice and a wonderful man, I can't believe he's gone.

[@eugenemorice8545]

I'm a Cornishman with a dad born in Swansea and I found this at the end of the Scrum V tribute to Eddie. It's a beautifully written piece by a man with a wonderful command of language.... and it made me cry..... God rest ya Eddie

[@chrisward1768]

Wonderful commentator. Will be sadly missed.

[@davidjessup427]

The six nations will never be the same again. 😢 His voice was such a special part of the tournament.

[@garethjones6566]

R.I.P Eddie a true Welsh legend and a lovely bloke. I met him once and he was such a pleasant guy. He will be sadly missed.

[@renegadeoffunk32]

His son Jack was a friend of mine at Newcastle University. Just read this news on BBC. So incredibly sad. He was the voice of Rugby and filled us with so many happy memories. May he rest in peace.

[@Δανιήλ-ψ8χ]

Just heard the sad news. You were the voice of the 6 nations and will be sorely missed. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏉

[@johnsh4rpe]

Rest Easy Eddie 💜

[@Cheeeesseee3678]

The David Attenborough of sport

[@TheOliverthompson]

Eddie you were the voice of a Nation. The six nations will not be the same without you.

[@garethprice7405]

To think this was just the script for a TV trailer ... but Eddie created a scintillating poem on modern Welsh culture and character. Eddie was a remarkable writer, broadcaster and orator. Uniquely talented among sports journalists. It is so saddening that we've lost him. I hope the BBC have properly archived all the montage voiceover scripts he created - across many sports. I could listen to them again and again, as well as his many history documentaries. RIP Eddie, a true Welsh Great.

[@Doughty321]

Rip Eddie. I’m going to miss your voice so much.

[@ozzy96gts]

One of the best. "England, what have you done? Wales, what are you doing?"

[@Crooksey]

RIP Eddie, your incredible words, voice and impeccable delivery will be be very sadly missed 😢

[@fleshen]

I have a tear the size of Wales

[@colinjones109]

RIP Eddie a voice for a huge occasion ❤️ never forgotten x

[@FishingwithLukee]

Rest in peace Eddie The voice of our generation 🏉🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@sharonsquires7877]

So much passion and pride for wales and so much passion and knowledge of the game of rugby and a voice like liquid gold RIP Eddie

[@jfrankland1991]

No one could capture the emotion and theatre of sport quite like Eddie, RIP good man, we still really miss you

[@francishook8767]

My wife told me he had died. I didn’t know his name, I would t have recognised him in the street, but to know we will never hear that voice again, that is sad. Really sad. RIP 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@joeyasmr8662]

RIP Eddie 😥🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@mrb6112]

My favourite Rugby commentator. The voice of the 6 nations. Goodbye Eddie, God speed x

[@martinthomas9857]

The perfect eulogy for a great Welshman

[@billyb9573]

RiP Eddie, the 6 nations won't be the same without you

[@Taibach2000]

Rest in peace Eddie. We’ll all miss you! 😔

[@NathanWindsor89]

RIP EDDIE BUTLER

[@scottcrabtree2051]

Simply beautiful

[@andrewmeredith6024]

RIP Eddie 😥

[@QuizWriterMark]

RIP Eddie. Gonna miss you

[@TheBuzzingSound]

Rest in peace, Ed.

[@sionyboii]

Rest in peace you fucking legend, rugby will never be the same

[@thebiggreencandle110]

RIP Eddie. The voice of rugby growing up.

[@markstea69]

RIP Eddie taken far too early 😥😥💌💌

[@IAmJonnariffic]

How has he gone?! Madness.

[@aledwilliams4765]

2021: Wales 40 - 24 England... thank you very much.

[@ryanbrimson8238]

32-30 😁

[@stuartholt6278]

Rip Eddie

[@noseforkhall]

Such sad news about his passing. RIP Eddie, you will be sorely missed.

[@grandslam1998]

A true wordsmith!

[@geraintevans6360]

R.i.p. Eddie

[@gethinjones6328]

Rip eddie, this video is what I thought of when I heard of your passing surprisingly. Fly high the voice of welsh rugby x

[@shinho]

RIP Eddie, Voice of Wales

[@dghdavies]

We lost something truly wonderful when we lost Eddie.

[@mrwelshmun]

I'm gonna miss Eddie's poetic commentary when he's gone

[@benseager6135]

Rip

[@jebimasta4604]

Fuck man

[@jebimasta4604]

Bet you didn't think it would be this soon. Totally gutted

[@mrwelshmun]

@@jebimasta4604 no I wasn't, i was sad to hear the news

[@michaelroche4563]

Thanks for posting this. Brilliant voice

[@rhysrunsriot]

RIP

[@CalTheKiwi1]

Class. 🙏

[@Klaaarke]

That shot on 00:56 in genius - pure Incpetion. Fantastic.

[@sionhughes630]

Collad mawr dim just I cymru ond I rugby hefyd.

[@andyliddell5470]

Passionate celt.. close to Bill Maclaren with heart and voice. We'll not hear his likes again

[@neilevans4352]

eddie got a bad press from ignorant people who thought he was pro-english(judging by his commentary) if only they knew RIP EDWARD.

[@MrDumile]

Go well my man!

[@bootneck4828]

Will be a very different 6 nations without Eddie butler and Jiffy doing the commentary on the Wales games

[@ronjeremy7629]

If you don’t get shivers listening to this go see the doctor

[@paul2803]

Eddie, Diolch :-)

[@timpatz1994]

Eddie is up there with Nisbett when it comes to calling rugby tests.

[@petelosuaniu]

The Blondes of Wales - was the highlight of this video

[@aidankearney493]

Eddie, the voice of Wales. It's going to be an emotional day 😢. We should honour Eddie by beating Wales. Never an easy fixture.

[@timphillips9954]

Lets do it for Wales. Wales v England 27/2/ 2021.

[@timphillips9954]

Lets do it one more time for Wales. Beat France for the Big Slam! 20th March 2021.

[@mikeybiggs4953]

How much times did he say Wales

[@JackHoulder-c4r]

What is the backing track for this called?

[@vw540]

MITCHHHHHHH

[@JimAjooz]

Can anyone tell me the piece of music playing during this?

[@kylemahon6604]

Time - Hans Zimmer

[@raywilson7545]

Eddie is a mash up of Dylan Thomas and Max Boyce….

[@MarcDebenham]

Brilliant commentator and orator will be a huge loss to sport

[@samhellard2060]

RIP