Rugby union Sportblog Happy retirement to Ian Robertson, last of the BBC’s cherished sporting voices Corporation’s rugby correspondent will call it a day at the end of the 2018 autumn internationals after 46 years Ian Robertson of the BBC in a familiar position at Twickenham before the 2012 Six Nations game against Wales. Photograph: Warren Little/Getty ImagesIt is not easy putting words to televised sporting pictures, let alone painting the whole verbal picture for radio listeners. It is 46 years since Ian Robertson, 73, joined the BBC, which makes him the voice of an awful lot of rugby childhoods, including mine. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Scotland’s Ian Robertson, right, joins a team-mate to try and detain the Wales captain Gareth Edwards in an 18-9 win for the home side at the Arms Park in the 1970 Five Nations. Evocative old-school voices such as McLaren, Robertson and the late Cliff Morgan, even so, should be for ever cherished.

Source: BBC February 12, 2018 17:08 UTC