Full name | Chris Johannes Botha | ||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 1 September 1968 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Salisbury, Rhodesia | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 3 in (191 cm) | ||||||||||||||||
Weight | 215 lb (98 kg) | ||||||||||||||||
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Chris Johannes Botha (born 1 September 1968) is a Zimbabwean former international rugby union player. [1]
Born in Salisbury, Botha played his rugby as a forward and was a skilled line-out exponent. [2] [3]
Botha represented Zimbabwe at the 1991 Rugby World Cup, playing pool matches against Ireland and Japan. [4]
In 1992, Botha joined London-based club Rosslyn Park and gained county representative honours with Surrey his first season, before suffering a serious knee ligament injury. [3] [5]
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