BJ Botha

BJ Botha

Full name	Brendon James Botha
Date of birth	January 4, 1980 (1980-01-04)
Place of birth	Durban, KZN, South Africa
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	116 kg (18 st 4 lb)
School	Durban High School, Durban and Kloof High School, Durban
Occupation(s)	Professional rugby player
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position	Prop
Provincial/State sides
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
2008–2011 2011-present	Ulster Rugby Munster	43 16	(10) (5)
correct as of 04 Mar 2012.
Super Rugby
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
2001–2008	Sharks	32	(10)
National team(s)
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
2006–present	South Africa	25	(5)
correct as of 30 Jun 2011.

Brendon James Botha, better known as BJ Botha (born 4 January 1980 in Durban, South Africa) is a South African rugby union player. He is a prop for the Irish Province, Munster. He signed for Ulster on Thursday 14 August 2008 on a three year deal, and left the province in May 2011. Previously he played in the Currie Cup, for the Sharks in the Super 14, and for the country's national team, the Springboks.

He was rewarded with well-deserved Springbok selection, gaining three Tri-Nations caps, and winning both games he started. He is highly-rated by his peers as a technically correct and powerful scrummager, playing in all 13 Super 14 matches in 2006 and was one cap shy of a half century in the domestic Currie Cup.

Botha has played 25 times for the Springboks and has three tries to his name. He joined up with the Ulster Rugby squad ahead of their 2008–09 season. In May 2009, Botha was named in the Barbarians squad to play England and Australia.

Munster

Botha signed for European giants Munster on a two-year contract in February 2011, starting in the 2011-12 season.

He made his Munster debut against Scarlets on 17 September 2011. His first Heineken Cup game for Munster was against Northampton Saints in November 2011. He scored his first try for Munster in January 2012, in the Heineken Cup Round 6 game against Northampton.

External links

• Munster profile