Arno Botha

Arno Botha

Personal information
Full name	Arnoldus Francois Botha
Born	(1991-10-26) 26 October 1991 Modimolle, South Africa
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	105 kg (16 st 7 lb)
School(s) attended	Nylstroom High School
University	University of Pretoria
Club information
Playing position	Flank / Number Eight
Current club	Bulls
Youth career
2009	Limpopo Blue Bulls
2010–12	Blue Bulls
Amateur team(s)
Years	Team
2011	UP Tuks	5	(10)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Pts)†
2011–	Blue Bulls	27	(30)
2012–	Bulls	40	(5)
Representative team(s)‡
2011	South Africa U20	5	(35)
2013	South Africa	2	(0)
* Senior club appearances and points correct as of 1 May 2016. † Appearances (Points). ‡ Representative team caps and points correct as of 1 August 2013.

Arnoldus Francois Botha (born 26 October 1991) is a South African rugby union footballer. He can operate either as a flanker or number eight.

Career

Blue Bulls

He represents the Bulls in Super Rugby and the Blue Bulls in the Currie Cup and Vodacom Cup. In 2013, he signed a contract extension to keep him at the Blue Bulls until 2016.

Representative rugby

He was captain of the South Africa Under 20 team that competed in the 2011 IRB Junior World Championship in Italy and was also named South Africa Under 20 player of the year.

Botha made his debut for the Springboks against Italy on 8 June 2013 at Kings Park Stadium in Durban as the No. 7 flank. In his second test against Scotland on 15 June 2013 in Nelspruit, Botha left the field after four minutes of play, having ruptured ligaments in his left knee.