RU: 'I don't bite the wife or kick the kids' - Bok enforcer

AAP Sports News (Australia), November, 2009

AAP Sports News (Australia) 11-13-2009 RU: 'I don't bite the wife or kick the kids' - Bok enforcer By Luke Phillips TOULOUSE, France, Nov 12 AFP - South Africa's chief enforcer Bakkies Botha has insisted that what goes on during a game of rugby was neither "violence" nor anything to do with his normal life. Botha, standing 2.02 metres tall and weighing 118 kilos, has built a reputation on being the hardman of a hard Springbok team, renowned for using his enormous physical strength in clearing out rucks and putting in some bone-crunching tackles. That has seen him run into trouble, most recently during the British and Irish Lions tour in the summer when he was banned for two weeks for a "dangerous charge", having hit a ruck that left Welsh prop Duncan...

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