South African Rugby World Cup winning captain John Smit tells a fateful story of legendary Springbok second-row Bakkies Botha during a clash between them and the All Blacks, during a back-to-back series against New Zealand.
He told this story alongside Hanyani Shimange and his fellow Rugby World Cup 2007 winner Victor Matfield in the most recent episode of ‘Boks Office’ where they also preview the RWC 2023 semi-final between South Africa and England and ask if the Springboks will take victory again after winning the 2019 final, or can England push on and make their second successive final?
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every dad has a sweater like this
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John Smith and Victor Mayfield
The enforcer
So the man would have been daunting enough as just Bakkie Botha, no it had to be Bakkies.
He was a bad man old Bakkies but he wouldn’t last long in todays game lol bunch a softies these days with rules
Bosees❤😂😂😂
Legendary Bakkies Botha! 😂😂😂
Love listening to these guys stories, they are hilarious 😂😂
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Bakkies is such a legend 😂😂😂😂😂
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Bakkies Botha was a disgrace for rugby
Nasty cheats. Isn’t it funny
Met him at the airport… Monster of a man, was too intimidated to even say hi 😬😅
Eben is special but oom bakkies was build different 🚑🚑🚑😂bad angle.🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦
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Legends😂😂
Victor looks like Jesus😅
The og rugby players 😊
Legends 🔥
Lekker riana
Joe marler reminds me of bakkies
Bakkies what a legend
I remember watching that game where Bakkies headbutted Jimmy Cowan….Bakkies charged down Cowan's kick, Cowan subsequently pulls Bakkies shirt and holds him back. Deserved headbutt
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Captain…….just don't get caught bakkies!
OG Enforcer No: 4! Eben learnt a lot from Botha! 😂😂❤❤
I just wish that Bakkies was an Aussie… bloke is a force of nature
Never met a white south african who wasn't a raging racist.
Rumour has it that when the president of Toulon said the club ran out of money and couldn’t pay their players, Bakkies visited him in his office. And Bakkies got paid.
Bakkies Botha and Danie Rossouw played 9 and 10 in primary school together.
Im sure even Bakkie's worst enemy loves him😂