IOL (Free subscription) | 01/11/2009
While other teams may not admit to playing revenge matches, the Bulls' Bakkies Botha says that's exactly what the Currie Cup final against the Cheetahs was all about.
IOL (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
One woman has been killed and twenty people injured after two bakkies collided in Umbumbulu, KwaZulu-Natal, according to paramedics.
Skysports.com (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
... tourists should be bolstered by the return of their inspirational locks Victor Matfield and Bakkies Botha for next Friday's clash with France, who may now scent another upset.But Muir hopes the defeat will spur the Tri-Nations winners to greater heights."Nobody likes losing. When you take a squad like this and have a short turnaround maybe you're not as well prepared as you might be," he...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Boks Told to Look After Top Six Zeena IsaacsJohannesburg — LEADING sports scientist Tim Noakes warned yesterday that the Springboks run the risk of not defending their world title if they fail to manage their six key players properly in the run-up to the 2011 Rugby World Cup.Noakes singled out captain John Smit, flyhalf Morné Steyn, scrumhalf Fourie du Preez, locks Victor Matfield and Bakkies...
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
... certainly the best in his position however I have notice he isn't quite so potent in games where Bakkies Botha is missing. A great combo. BOD still the manDave Hodginson November 04, 2009at 04:45 PMMuch as I am a huge fan of Matfield being a Bok fan, I am not sure you can call a particular player the greatest, because different positions call for different skills. Players like McCaw, Carter,...
Mail & Guardian (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
... injured or under-perform the following year.Liebel agreed senior players like Victor Matfield, 32, Bakkies Botha, 30, and John Smit, 31, should still be available for the 2011 World Cup -- but on condition that they were properly managed.Noakes warned that John Smit collapsed in 2008 after a strenuous season.Fourie du Preez, he pointed out, played 1 835 minutes of rugby this season -- the...
Planet Rugby (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
Coaches and captains will deny any reference to "revenge" sought for a previous defeat, but not lock Bakkies Botha following the Blue Bulls' Currie Cup win.
Keo.co.za (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
Bakkies Botha says beating the Cheetahs in the Currie Cup final was ‘like the knife has been removed from my heart’. Botha is never one to pull any punches, and while his team-mates consistently declared that their defeat in the 2005 final at Loftus had long been erased from their memory, the big lock revealed publicly [...]
"Aye, There's the rub!" (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
... of teamates Fourie Du Preez, Bryan Habana (in his last game in a Blue Bulls Jersey), Pierre Spies, Bakkies Botha and Victor Matfield, who all got to sample this special vintage of a year with a rare grand slam of international club and national team victories. The scary thing for Blue Bulls and Springbok opponents is that he will only get better, and by the 2011 World Cup, should be at the...
Just Auto (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
... down 16.9% year on year.New car sales were off 9.7% t0 20,836 units.New light commercial vehicles, bakkies ( trucks) and minibuses fell 25.6% to 9,204 units.After 10 months of 2009, total sales were off 28.8% to 330,547 units.Exports of 20,948 were down 25.4%."Overall, the latest domestic sales figures reinforced the view that the industry was at an early stage in emerging from the extremely...
IOL (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
By Bronwyn GerretsenThe recent spate of hijackings could be merely the "warm-up" for hijackers in the weeks leading up to Christmas, police and vehicle tracking companies have warned.Currently, there are on average 15 to 20 hijackings daily in the Durban South region alone, which covers areas from the Bluff to Umgababa.Vehicles such as VW Polos and Jettas, and bakkies, 4x4s and luxury vehicles...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
... have extra significance for the formidable Bulls and Springbok lock pairing of Victor Matfield and Bakkies Botha, who will be playing their 50th Currie Cup games, while Bulls wing Bryan Habana and Cheetahs flyhalf Jacques-Louis Potgieter will run out for their teams for the last time before switching allegiances.All of this sets the scene for an epic final. The battle between flyhalves Springbok...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
... Bulls coach Frans Ludeke earned his first Currie Cup title as a coach, Springbok locks Bakkies Botha and Victor Matfield celebrated their 50th caps and scrumhalf Fourie du Preez his 51st game.Wing Bryan Habana bade his team farewell in style by scoring two scintillating first-half tries, which contributed heavily to the team's convincing 24-0 lead in the second quarter.What made the Currie...
ireland.com (Free subscription) | 01/11/2009
... midweek team in warm-up matches.South Africa squad: John Smit, Victor Matfield, Andries Bekker, Bakkies Botha, Heinrich Brassow, Schalk Burger, Bismarck du Plessis, Jannie du Plessis, Alistair Hargreaves, Ashley Johnson, Ryan Kankowski, Bandise Maku, Tendai Mtawarira, Dewald Potgieter, Chiliboy Ralepelle, Davon Raubenheimer, Danie Rossouw, Pierre Spies, Gurthro Steenkamp, Heinke van der...
