Hendrik Egnatius 'Naas' Botha (born 27 February 1958) is a South African former rugby union player, who played for Northern Transvaal and South Africa (the Springboks).
He was voted Rugby Player of the Year in 1979, 1981, 1985 and 1987.[1] Botha mostly played in the fly-half position and is now a rugby commentator for the South African M-Net and Supersport TV channels.[2] He is also the Director of Rugby at Hoërskool Eldoraigne.[3]
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Hendrik Egnatius 'Naas' Botha (born 27 February 1958) is a South African former rugby union player, who played for Northern Transvaal and South Africa...
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1949-1995. Johannesburg: Penguin. p. 109. ISBN 0140250174. OCLC 36916860. "NaasBotha's brother dies of cancer". Sport. 13 February 2018. Retrieved 11 October...
backs, one of them by NaasBotha. They were runners-up with Western Province in 1979 after two fantastic drop goals by NaasBotha late in the second half...
international matches is the minimum required for any national team, says NaasBotha". 13 July 2019. Archived from the original on 18 October 2022. Retrieved...
Bergamasco, Manuel Contepomi, AJ Venter, Gert Smal, Viliami Ofahengaue and NaasBotha. Italian championship Champions (14): 1950–51, 1951–52, 1952–53, 1953–54...
International Rugby Board. In March 2019, former South African player NaasBotha became coach of national team. He accepted the job for short term. Rugby...
co-presenters, Nick Mallett and NaasBotha. Willemse insinuated that his actions were a result of racism on the part of Mallett and Botha. An independent enquiry...
1968 (see History above). Most career matches Most career points 1. 1699 NaasBotha (Northern Transvaal) 1977–1992 2. 1412 Willem de Waal (Leopards/Free State/WP)...
Gerrie Sonnekus, Danie Gerber and the eventual winner of the award, NaasBotha. List of South Africa national rugby union players – Springbok no. 547...
Joost van der Westhuizen, Danie Craven, Os du Randt, Frik du Preez, NaasBotha, Frans Steyn, Victor Matfield, Bryan Habana, Tendai Mtawarira, Eben Etzebeth...
2020. "Rob Andrew career figures". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 16 April 2020. "NaasBotha career figures". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 27 February 2014. "Stefano Bettarello...
Pienaar, Ray Mordt, David Smith, Willie du Plessis, Gerrie Germishuys, NaasBotha, Divan Serfontein, Morne du Plessis (c), Theuns Stofberg, Rob Louw, Louis...
team has attracted many famous from around the rugby world, including NaasBotha and the coach Carwyn James. Other practiced sports include football/soccer...
businesswoman Springbok captains: NaasBotha Wynand Claassen Victor Matfield Joost van der Westhuizen Other Springboks: Gary Botha Fanie de Villiers Ernst Dinkelmann...
Francois Pienaar, Joost van der Westhuizen, Danie Craven, Frik du Preez, NaasBotha and Bryan Habana. South Africa hosted and won the 1995 Rugby World Cup...
some have described as "the greatest try of all time". South African NaasBotha scored 312 points (including a record 17 drop goals) despite playing most...
technology training. Ahmed Timol - Anti-apartheid activist and communist NaasBotha - National rugby union team player Vusi Shongwe - Politician, former acting...
Conference of the African National Congress is held in Durban. 27 February – NaasBotha, rugby player 14 April – Danie Gerber, rugby player 14 April – Blade Nzimande...
South Africa also had a penalty kick at goal, but this was missed by NaasBotha. The first try of the match came from New Zealand's Zinzan Brooke following...
Tom". Within the touring squad attitudes towards Tobias also differed. NaasBotha implied in 2006 that players were more accepting, while Johan Claassen...
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