Bakkies Botha

John Philip Botha , more known like Bakkies Botha , born the September 22nd 1979 in Newcastle (Native - South Africa), is a player of Rugby to XV South-African, evolving/moving at the station of second line. He was world champion in 2007.

He measures 2m01 for 120kg. Its nickname " Bakkies" from its arched legs (" would come; bakked" in slang) when it was younger. At that time, it was very thin. He even tells that he started to play like half of fray with Danie Rossouw like half of opening.

He plays with bulldozers in the Super 14, a frankness from Rugby to XV of South Africa based with Pretoria. Former team of Northern Transvaal, the bulldozers are mainly made up of the team of the Blue bulldozers (Currie Cup).

Bakkies Botha thus plays with Blue bulldozers in Currie Cup. With Victor Matfield, his fellow-member of the bulldozers until 2007, Bakkies surely the best pair of second lines of the world forms. This association was recreated in national team with 36 recoveries. She was besides one of the keys of the victory of South Africa out of World cup in 2007. The Matfield-Botha tandem is characterized by their capacity to disturb the unfavourable keys, and to anticipate the advertisements of theirs opposite. For this reason, they recover a number impressing of balloons on the unfavourable throws while remaining effective on theirs.

If Matfield is characterized by its intelligence from play, Bakkies Botha has an approach of the rougher play. It is often presented like the prototype of before afrikaner: extremely powerful, rough and inexhaustible. Nevertheless, it is very fast in spite of its weight and particularly skilful with the balloon.

Career

In province

In frankness

  • since 2002: (Super 12 Super then 14 since 2006)

In national team

It carried out its first test match with the Springboks the November 9th 2002 at the time of a match against the team of France.

It disputed the world cup 2003 (5 matches). It gained the World cup of Rugby 2007 (7 matches).

Prize list

In province

  • Victorious of the Currie Cup: 2002 and 2004 with Blue bulldozers

In frankness

  • Victorious of the Super 14: 2007 with the bulldozers

In national team

(at the 10/20/2007)

disputed World cups :

  • Victorious of the Tri-nations 2004 Victorious

  • of the World cup of Rugby 2007

External bonds

  • Profile of the player by sarugby.net

  • Site springboks to see 2007
  • Statistical by itsrugby.fr
  • Card player of the bulldozers
  • Sporting Life statistics

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