Naas Botha:)

Naas Botha played for South Africa between 1980 and 1992.  

He was born on the 27th February in 1958. 

The position that he gained his fame from was Fly Half.

 He made his international debut at the age of 22. He made his debut in 1980 playing against South America on the 26th of April South Africa won the game 24-9.

His final appearance was on the 14th November against England at Twickenham but they lost 33-16.

Naas Botha Achieved a total of 28 caps.

INTERNATIONAL RECORD:

South African Caps 1980-92

26/04/80 v South America (Jo'burg) W 24-9 17/05/86 v NZ Cavaliers (Durban) L 19-18 
03/05/80 v South America (Durban) W 18-9 24/05/86 v NZ Cavaliers (Pretoria) W 33-18
31/05/80 v British Isles (Cape Town) W 26-22  31/05/86 v NZ Cavaliers (Jo'burg) W 24-10
14/06/80 v British Isles (B'fontein) W 26-19  26/08/89 v World XV (Cape Town) W 20-19 
28/06/80 v British Isles (P. Elizabeth) W 12-10 02/09/89 v World XV (Jo'burg) W 22-16
12/07/80 v British Isles (Pretoria) L 17-13  15/08/92 v New Zealand (Jo'burg) L 27-24
18/10/80 v South America (Montivideo) W 22-13 22/08/92 v Australia (Cape Town) L 26-3 
25/10/80 v South America (Santiago) W 30-16   17/10/92 v France (Lyon) W 20-15
 08/11/80 v France (Pretoria) W 37-15 24/10/92 v France (Paris) L 29-16 

 


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