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 ...

South Africa's Cornal Hendricks (front) is tackled by Samoa's Faalemiga Selesele during their Sevens World Series Cup rugby match at The Sevens stadium in Dubai November 30, 2012. REUTERS/Jumana El ...

South Africa assistant coach Dick Muir has admitted that Bakkies Botha is highly unlikely to be risked in Sunday's World Cup clash with Wales in Wellington. It was revealed earlier this week that ...

Springbok coach Heyneke Meyer has not ruled out a possible recall for veteran lock Bakkies Botha ahead of the Rugby Championship. South Africa's first-choice lock Eben Etzebeth damaged a hip cartilage ...

As he was making his way off the field after being part of his seventh Springbok victory in nine Tests against England, Bakkies Botha, pictured, knew that he had had enough. The 35-year-old Bok ...

Nothing short of amazing. That is how Bakkies Botha described the two-week ban to All Black Keven Mealamu last Friday after he had initially been given a moderate four-week suspension for head-butting ...

CAPE TOWN - Bakkies Botha may have been a ‘meanie’ on the rugby pitch, but he has shown his emotional side too in paying tribute to his former Toulon coach Bernard Laporte. In a recent interview with ...

Johannesburg — IT WAS a case of mission accomplished for towering Springbok lock Bakkies Botha on Saturday night as he burst back on to the scene against the Chiefs with the same class he displayed ...

Toulon lock Bakkies Botha has attempted to play down his image as the hardest man in rugby by insisting that he is "not a thug". The former Springboks second row, who made his belated Top 14 debut ...

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 ...

Wellington – South Africa's Bakkies Botha will play no further part in the rugby World Cup after the experienced lock sustained an Achilles injury while training for Sunday's quarter-final against ...

Springboks Schalk Burger and Bakkies Botha were both suspended after the Springboks vs. the British and Irish Lions second test at Loftus Versfeld. Schalk Burger was given an eight-week suspension for ...