Springbok no. 733 · Lock

Bakkies Botha

John Philip Botha · Blue Bulls, Toulon

85Tests

7Tries

12Tours

23Age at debut

Test career

200220082014

First test

9 Nov 2002, age 23 · Lock v France, Stade Velodrome, Marseilles

Last test

15 Nov 2014, age 35 · Reserve v England, Twickenham, London

Biography

Bakkies Botha was a fearsome, uncompromising lock who formed one of the greatest second-row partnerships in history with Victor Matfield. Born in Newcastle on 22 September 1979, he played for the Bulls and Toulon and won 85 caps between 2002 and 2014.

He played in the 2007 World Cup-winning side, the 2009 series win over the British and Irish Lions, and three World Cups. He also won the European Cup with Toulon. He scored seven Test tries.

Test history

85 tests · 35 points

Date	Opponent	Venue	Position	Result	Province
09 Nov 2002	France	Stade Velodrome, Marseilles	Lock	L 10–30	Blue Bulls
07 Jun 2003	Scotland	Kings Park, Durban	Lock	W 29–25	Blue Bulls
14 Jun 2003	Scotland	Ellis Park, Johannesburg	Lock	W 28–19	Blue Bulls
12 Jul 2003	Australia	Newlands, Cape Town	Lock	W 26–22	Blue Bulls
19 Jul 2003	New Zealand	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria	Lock	L 16–52	Blue Bulls
02 Aug 2003	Australia	Brisbane Stadium (Lang Park), Brisbane	Reserve	L 9–29	Blue Bulls
11 Oct 2003	Uruguay	Subiaco Oval, Perth	Lock	W 72–6	Blue Bulls
18 Oct 2003	England	Subiaco Oval, Perth	Lock	L 6–25	Blue Bulls
24 Oct 2003	Georgia	Sydney Football Stadium (Aussie stadium), Sydney	Lock	W 46–19	Blue Bulls
01 Nov 2003	Samoa	Brisbane Stadium (Lang Park), Brisbane	Lock	W 60–10	Blue Bulls
08 Nov 2003	New Zealand	Docklands Stadium, Melbourne	Lock	L 9–29	Blue Bulls
12 Jun 2004	Ireland	Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein	Lock	W 31–17	Blue Bulls
17 Jul 2004	Pacific Islands	Central Coast Stadium, Gosford	Lock	W 38–24	Blue Bulls
24 Jul 2004	New Zealand	Lancaster Park (Jade stadium), Christchurch	Lock	L 21–23	Blue Bulls
31 Jul 2004	Australia	Subiaco Oval, Perth	Lock	L 26–30	Blue Bulls
14 Aug 2004	New Zealand	Ellis Park, Johannesburg	Lock	W 40–26	Blue Bulls
21 Aug 2004	Australia	Kings Park, Durban	Lock	W 23–19	Blue Bulls
06 Nov 2004	Wales	Millennium Stadium (Cardiff Arms Park), Cardiff	Lock	W 38–36	Blue Bulls
13 Nov 2004	Ireland	Aviva Stadium (Lansdowne Road), Dublin	Lock	L 12–17	Blue Bulls
20 Nov 2004	England	Twickenham, London	Lock	L 16–32	Blue Bulls
27 Nov 2004	Scotland	Murrayfield, Edinburgh	Lock	W 45–10	Blue Bulls
04 Dec 2004	Argentina	Vélez Sarsfield Stadium, Buenos Aires	Lock	W 39–7	Blue Bulls
09 Jul 2005	Australia	Stadium Australia, Sydney	Lock	L 12–30	Blue Bulls
23 Jul 2005	Australia	Ellis Park, Johannesburg	Lock	W 33–20	Blue Bulls
30 Jul 2005	Australia	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria	Lock	W 22–16	Blue Bulls
06 Aug 2005	New Zealand	Newlands, Cape Town	Lock	W 22–16	Blue Bulls
20 Aug 2005	Australia	Subiaco Oval, Perth	Lock	W 22–19	Blue Bulls
27 Aug 2005	New Zealand	Carisbrook, Dunedin	Lock	L 27–31	Blue Bulls
05 Nov 2005	Argentina	Vélez Sarsfield Stadium, Buenos Aires	Lock	W 34–23	Blue Bulls
19 Nov 2005	Wales	Millennium Stadium (Cardiff Arms Park), Cardiff	Lock	W 33–16	Blue Bulls
26 Nov 2005	France	Stade de France, Paris	Lock	L 20–26	Blue Bulls
26 May 2007	England	Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein	Lock	W 58–10	Blue Bulls
02 Jun 2007	England	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria	Lock	W 55–22	Blue Bulls
16 Jun 2007	Australia	Newlands, Cape Town	Lock	W 22–19	Blue Bulls
23 Jun 2007	New Zealand	Kings Park, Durban	Lock	L 21–26	Blue Bulls
15 Aug 2007	Namibia	Newlands, Cape Town	Lock	W 105–13	Blue Bulls
25 Aug 2007	Scotland	Murrayfield, Edinburgh	Lock	W 27–3	Blue Bulls
09 Sep 2007	Samoa	Parc des Princes, Paris	Lock	W 59–7	Blue Bulls
14 Sep 2007	England	Stade de France, Paris	Lock	W 36–0	Blue Bulls
22 Sep 2007	Tonga	Stade Felix Bollaert, Lens	Lock	W 30–25	Blue Bulls
30 Sep 2007	USA	Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier	Reserve	W 64–15	Blue Bulls
07 Oct 2007	Fiji	Stade Velodrome, Marseilles	Lock	W 37–20	Blue Bulls
14 Oct 2007	Argentina	Stade de France, Paris	Lock	W 37–13	Blue Bulls
20 Oct 2007	England	Stade de France, Paris	Lock	W 15–6	Blue Bulls
24 Nov 2007	Wales	Millennium Stadium (Cardiff Arms Park), Cardiff	Lock	W 34–12	Blue Bulls
07 Jun 2008	Wales	Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein	Lock	W 43–17	Blue Bulls
14 Jun 2008	Wales	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria	Lock	W 37–21	Blue Bulls
21 Jun 2008	Italy	Newlands, Cape Town	Lock	W 26–0	Blue Bulls
05 Jul 2008	New Zealand	Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington	Lock	L 8–19	Blue Bulls
12 Jul 2008	New Zealand	Carisbrook, Dunedin	Lock	W 30–28	Blue Bulls
19 Jul 2008	Australia	Subiaco Oval, Perth	Lock	L 9–16	Blue Bulls
09 Aug 2008	Argentina	Ellis Park, Johannesburg	Lock	W 63–9	Blue Bulls
08 Nov 2008	Wales	Millennium Stadium (Cardiff Arms Park), Cardiff	Lock	W 20–15	Blue Bulls
15 Nov 2008	Scotland	Murrayfield, Edinburgh	Lock	W 14–10	Blue Bulls
22 Nov 2008	England	Twickenham, London	Lock	W 42–6	Blue Bulls
20 Jun 2009	Britain	Kings Park, Durban	Lock	W 26–21	Blue Bulls
27 Jun 2009	Britain	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria	Lock	W 28–25	Blue Bulls
25 Jul 2009	New Zealand	Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein	Lock	W 28–19	Blue Bulls
01 Aug 2009	New Zealand	Kings Park, Durban	Lock	W 31–19	Blue Bulls
08 Aug 2009	Australia	Newlands, Cape Town	Lock	W 29–17	Blue Bulls
29 Aug 2009	Australia	Subiaco Oval, Perth	Lock	W 32–25	Blue Bulls
05 Sep 2009	Australia	Brisbane Stadium (Lang Park), Brisbane	Lock	L 6–21	Blue Bulls
12 Sep 2009	New Zealand	Waikato Stadium, Hamilton	Lock	W 32–29	Blue Bulls
13 Nov 2009	France	Stade Municipal, Toulouse	Lock	L 13–20	Blue Bulls
21 Nov 2009	Italy	Stadio Friuli, Udine	Lock	W 32–10	Blue Bulls
19 Jun 2010	Italy	Puma Stadium, Witbank	Lock	W 29–13	Blue Bulls
26 Jun 2010	Italy	Basil Kenyon Stadium, East London	Lock	W 55–11	Blue Bulls
10 Jul 2010	New Zealand	Eden Park, Auckland	Lock	L 12–32	Blue Bulls
06 Nov 2010	Ireland	Aviva Stadium (Lansdowne Road), Dublin	Lock	W 23–21	Blue Bulls
13 Nov 2010	Wales	Millennium Stadium (Cardiff Arms Park), Cardiff	Lock	W 29–25	Blue Bulls
20 Nov 2010	Scotland	Murrayfield, Edinburgh	Lock	L 17–21	Blue Bulls
27 Nov 2010	England	Twickenham, London	Lock	W 21–11	Blue Bulls
13 Aug 2011	Australia	Kings Park, Durban	Lock	L 9–14	Blue Bulls
20 Aug 2011	New Zealand	Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth	Lock	W 18–5	Blue Bulls
17 Sep 2011	Fiji	Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington	Lock	W 49–3	Blue Bulls
22 Sep 2011	Namibia	North Harbour Stadium, North Shore City	Lock	W 87–0	Blue Bulls
17 Nov 2013	Scotland	Murrayfield, Edinburgh	Lock	W 28–0	Toulon
23 Nov 2013	France	Stade de France, Paris	Reserve	W 19–10	Toulon
14 Jun 2014	Wales	Kings Park, Durban	Lock	W 38–16	Toulon
16 Aug 2014	Argentina	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria	Lock	W 13–6	Toulon
23 Aug 2014	Argentina	Estadio Padre Ernesto Martearena, Salta	Reserve	W 33–31	Toulon
27 Sep 2014	Australia	Newlands, Cape Town	Reserve	W 28–10	Toulon
04 Oct 2014	New Zealand	Ellis Park, Johannesburg	Reserve	W 27–25	Toulon
08 Nov 2014	Ireland	Aviva Stadium (Lansdowne Road), Dublin	Reserve	L 15–29	Toulon
15 Nov 2014	England	Twickenham, London	Reserve	W 31–28	Toulon