From The Vaults

Throughout the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s Bill McLaren's voice carried live television rugby broadcasting and he had come to be regarded as the ‘Voice of Rugby’ by the time he retired in 2000...

Wales were the proud hosts of the 1999 Rugby World Cup and, like England in 1991, they chose to share key matches with their neighbours. This meant that Twickenham would be called upon to host several pool matches and both semi-finals.