South Africa Rugby World Cup top player Bakkies Botha has declareed his
retirement from international rugby. Botha made his Test on November 9, 2002
against France in Marseille. His 85th and last appearance for South Africa was
last Saturday, when he went ahead as an issue in the 31-28 triumph over England
at Twickenham.
The 35-year-old, Bakkies Botha won the Rugby World Cup with the
Springboks in 2007 and was triumphant at very nearly every other level of the game.
He has champs' decorations from the Tri-Nations, British & Irish Lions
Series, Super Rugby, Currie Cup and Vodacom Cup, and the Heineken Cup and
French Top 14.
Botha is the seventh most-topped Springbok ever, a three-time South Africa
Rugby Player of the Year 2003, 2004 and 2005. He holds the world rugby record
for the most Tests. He said he felt special to have played for South Africa
again in 2013 and 2014, however it was time to venture down and hand the mantle
over to the up and coming era of Springboks.
Botha has also said that the news of my retirement will likely be
depicted as sudden and startling, yet it is a choice that I've been considering
since 2011. When he limped off the field with an Achilles harm amid the Rugby
World Cup in 2011, he felt he had not left the enjoyment all alone terms. I
needed to desert the pullover knowing I respected the men who wore it before
me, and the individuals who had upheld me all through my profession.
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