Edward Thomas "Eddie" Butler (Born May 11, 1957) is a former Welsh Rugby Union player, who won 16 caps for the Wales team, between 1980 and 1984. Events 330 - Byzantium is renamed ''Nova Roma'' during a dedication ceremony but is more popularly referred to as Constantinople Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Rugby union is the National sport of Wales and is considered a large part of national culture Overview See also Playing rugby union A rugby union match lasts for 80 minutes (plus stoppage time with a short The Wales national rugby union team represent Wales in international Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar)
He played as a No. 8 and captained his country on six occasions. A Rugby union team is made up of 15 players eight forwards numbered from 1 to 8 and seven backs numbered from 9 to 15
Though retired from playing the game, Butler has written a weekly column in the Rugby Union section of The Observer Sport since 1991, as well as being a BBC match commentator with Brian Moore, the former England hooker. The Observer is a British Newspaper published on Sundays In about the same place on the political spectrum as its daily sister paper The
He has six children, Rebecca born in 1984, Hannah 1986, Jack 1989, Jacob 1997, Nell 2002 and Seth 2004.
Butler was educated at Monmouth School and Cambridge University. Monmouth School is a Public school for boys in Monmouth, Monmouthshire in south east Wales. The University of Cambridge (often Cambridge University) located in Cambridge, England, is the second-oldest university in the He lives in Monmouthshire. Ancient county See also Monmouthshire (historic The ancient county of Monmouthshire was formed from the Welsh Marches by the Laws in Wales