Gary Botha
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Gary van Ginkel Botha (born 12 October 1981 in Pretoria, South Africa) is a former rugby union player, that professionally played as a hooker between 2002 and 2013. He spent the majority of his career at his home-town team the Template:Rut and their affiliated Super Rugby team the Template:Rut, but he also had spells at the Template:Rut, at English side Harlequins and at French Top 14 side Template:Rut. He also played in 12 test matches for Template:Nrut from 2005 to 2007.[1]
In 2015, he was appointed as a technical consultant for the Blue Bulls forwards.[2]
Botha has won the Currie Cup with the Blue Bulls, the Super 14 title with the Bulls and was part of the Springbok squad that won the 2007 Rugby World Cup.
Botha made his debut for the Springboks in 2005, in a match against Australia at the Loftus Versfeld Stadium in Pretoria, replacing captain John Smit.
Botha has played rugby league for the South African Rhinos at the age of 18.[3]
Honours
- South Africa Under-21
- Currie Cup: 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006 (Shared Blue Bulls/Free State Cheetahs)
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- 1981 births
- Living people
- 2007 Rugby World Cup players
- 21st-century South African sportsmen
- Blue Bulls players
- Bulls (rugby union) players
- Harlequin F.C. players
- Rugby league players from Gauteng
- Rugby union hookers
- Rugby union players from Pretoria
- Sharks (rugby union) players
- South Africa international rugby union players
- South African expatriate rugby union players in England
- South African expatriate rugby union players in France
- South African rugby league players
- South African rugby union players
- Stade Toulousain players
- University of Pretoria alumni