After being sent off on many occasions for his unforgiving approach to the game, Bulls lock Bakkies Botha now has his sights set on a special send-off in what should be his last match in Pretoria ...

Botha, that is. The Springboks veteran universally regarded as one of the most fearsome forwards to ever lace a rugby boot. Botha is hoping to win a spot in the Springboks squad to face the Wallabies ...

Cape Town - Former Springbok lock Bakkies Botha says new Springbok coach Allister Coetzee needs to develop a core group of players heading into the next Rugby World Cup. Botha, who played 85 Test ...

The 35-year-old won 85 caps for his country, with the pinnacle of his stellar Springboks career coming when he helped them lift the Webb Ellis Cup in Paris seven years ago. Botha also won the Rugby ...

CAPE TOWN, June 8 (Reuters) - South Africa will get a taste of what it is like to face their former lock enforcer Bakkies Botha when the veteran lines up for a World XV against the Springboks at ...

CAPE TOWN, Nov 22 (Reuters) - South Africa's Bakkies Botha, renowned for his fearsome physical presence in the second row, announced his international retirement on Saturday but will continue to play ...

THE Springboks plan to blow the Wallabies away late in the game after naming a star-studded bench with a staggering 314 Test caps among the eight players. The entire starting XV of the Wallabies has a ...

Bakkies Botha has revealed that he and a number of his South Africa team-mates are particularly pumped up for this weekend's Rugby World Cup quarter-final clash with Australia because they know that ...