The Sports-Man has always enjoyed the type of rugby Bakkies Botha dished out for his previous Blue Bulls franchise, and especially when he ran onto the field for the Springboks. Now, after last wearing the Green and Gold of the Springboks during the 2011 World Cup loss against Australia (ouch!!), the 34 year old lock legend has been included at lock once more. This time he will be taking on the Scots at Murrayfield and he will be hoping to stake some sort of claim for inclusion in Heineke Meyer's final 2015 World Cup group.
Many feel that Bakkies is past his best and has little to offer, but the Sports-Man feels that he has a lot to offer still, especially with young, quality locks like Pieter-Steph du Toit and Eben Etzeneth still making their way into the international rugby arena. How can you say NO to so much experience? Bakkies is still able to provide a good 40+ minutes of grunt to any international rugby team. The youngsters can only learn from the lock legend and implement what he will hopefully put on display for all of us come this Sunday at 5 pm.
What are your personal views and thoughts about Bakkies Botha's inclusion in the run-on team for Sunday?
The official Teams for Sunday are as follow:
Scotland
15 Sean Maitland, 14 Tommy Seymour, 13 Nick De Luca, 12 Duncan Taylor, 11 Sean Lamont, 10 Ruaridh Jackson, 9 Greig Laidlaw (captain), 8 David Denton, 7 John Barclay, 6 Alasdair Strokosch, 5 Jim Hamilton, 4 Richie Gray, 3 Moray Low, 2 Ross Ford, 1 Alasdair Dickinson
Substitutes: 16 Scott Lawson, 17 Ryan Grant, 18 Geoff Cross, 19 Jonny Gray, 20 John Beattie, 21 Chris Cusiter, 22 Duncan Weir, 23 Max Evans
South Africa
15 Willie le Roux, 14 JP Pietersen, 13 Jaque Fourie, 12 Jean de Villiers (captain), 11 Bryan Habana, 10 Patrick Lambie, 9 Fourie du Preez, 8 Duane Vermeulen, 7 Willem Alberts/Siya Kolisi, 6 Francois Louw, 5 Flip van der Merwe, 4 Bakkies Botha, 3 Frans Malherbe, 2 Adriaans Strauss, 1 Gurthrö Steenkamp
Substitutes: 16 Bismarck du Plessis, 17 Tendai Mtawarira 18 Coenie Oosthuizen, 19 Eben Etzebeth, 20 Marcell Coetzee, 21 Ruan Pienaar, 22 Morné Steyn/AN Other, 23 JJ Engelbrecht
Past Springbok Test match records at Murrayfield:
• Most points – 26 (2t, 8c) by Percy Montgomery on 6 December 1997 against Scotland.
• Most tries – two, by six players, the last was by Adriaan Strauss on 17 November 2012 against Scotland.
• Most conversions – eight by Percy Montgomery on 6 December 1997 against Scotland.
• Most penalty goals – four by Morné Steyn on 20 November 2010 against Scotland.
• Most drop goals – three by Jaco van der Westhuyzen 27 November 2004 against Scotland.
Many feel that Bakkies is past his best and has little to offer, but the Sports-Man feels that he has a lot to offer still, especially with young, quality locks like Pieter-Steph du Toit and Eben Etzeneth still making their way into the international rugby arena. How can you say NO to so much experience? Bakkies is still able to provide a good 40+ minutes of grunt to any international rugby team. The youngsters can only learn from the lock legend and implement what he will hopefully put on display for all of us come this Sunday at 5 pm.
What are your personal views and thoughts about Bakkies Botha's inclusion in the run-on team for Sunday?
The official Teams for Sunday are as follow:
Scotland
15 Sean Maitland, 14 Tommy Seymour, 13 Nick De Luca, 12 Duncan Taylor, 11 Sean Lamont, 10 Ruaridh Jackson, 9 Greig Laidlaw (captain), 8 David Denton, 7 John Barclay, 6 Alasdair Strokosch, 5 Jim Hamilton, 4 Richie Gray, 3 Moray Low, 2 Ross Ford, 1 Alasdair Dickinson
Substitutes: 16 Scott Lawson, 17 Ryan Grant, 18 Geoff Cross, 19 Jonny Gray, 20 John Beattie, 21 Chris Cusiter, 22 Duncan Weir, 23 Max Evans
South Africa
15 Willie le Roux, 14 JP Pietersen, 13 Jaque Fourie, 12 Jean de Villiers (captain), 11 Bryan Habana, 10 Patrick Lambie, 9 Fourie du Preez, 8 Duane Vermeulen, 7 Willem Alberts/Siya Kolisi, 6 Francois Louw, 5 Flip van der Merwe, 4 Bakkies Botha, 3 Frans Malherbe, 2 Adriaans Strauss, 1 Gurthrö Steenkamp
Substitutes: 16 Bismarck du Plessis, 17 Tendai Mtawarira 18 Coenie Oosthuizen, 19 Eben Etzebeth, 20 Marcell Coetzee, 21 Ruan Pienaar, 22 Morné Steyn/AN Other, 23 JJ Engelbrecht
Past Springbok Test match records at Murrayfield:
• Most points – 26 (2t, 8c) by Percy Montgomery on 6 December 1997 against Scotland.
• Most tries – two, by six players, the last was by Adriaan Strauss on 17 November 2012 against Scotland.
• Most conversions – eight by Percy Montgomery on 6 December 1997 against Scotland.
• Most penalty goals – four by Morné Steyn on 20 November 2010 against Scotland.
• Most drop goals – three by Jaco van der Westhuyzen 27 November 2004 against Scotland.
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Bakkies Botha - love him or hate him - he remains a legend!
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