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| Date of birth | 18 September 1989 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Alberton, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 105 kg (231 lb; 16 st 7 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Volkskool Heidelberg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Renaldo Bothma (born 18 September 1989) is a South African-born Namibian rugby union footballer. He plays mostly as a flanker for Harlequins in the English Premiership. Formerly, he represented the Template:Rut Bulls in Super Rugby and the Template:Rut Blue Bulls in the Currie Cup, the Template:Rut Golden Lions, Template:Rut Leopards, Template:Rut Sharks and Template:Rut Pumas.
Career
In 2013, he was included in a South Africa President's XV team that played in the 2013 IRB Tbilisi Cup[1] and won the tournament after winning all three matches.[2]
He initially joined the Template:Rut Sharks for the 2015 and 2016 Super Rugby seasons,[3] with a clause to return to the Pumas for the Currie Cup competition in those seasons.[4] However, due to his involvement with Namibia at the 2015 Rugby World Cup, he didn't play for the Pumas in the 2015 Currie Cup Premier Division. In March 2016, during the 2016 Super Rugby season, he gained an early released from his contract with the Sharks to join Pretoria-based Super Rugby side the Template:Rut Bulls.[5]
He signed a deal to join English Premiership side Harlequins prior to the 2017–18 season, signing a three-year deal.[6]
He made his Debut for Harlequins on 3 December 2017, against European Champions Saracens, in the Aviva Premiership.
Namibia
Qualifying for Namibia through his mother, Renaldo made his international debut in 2014 against Kenya. [7]
External links
- "SA Rugby Player Profile – Renaldo Bothma". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
- itsrugby.co.uk profile
- ESPN Scrum profile
References
- ^ "SA President's XV selected for IRB Tblisi Cup". South African Rugby Union. 17 May 2013. Archived from the original on 6 June 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
{{cite web}}:|archive-date=/|archive-url=timestamp mismatch; 7 June 2016 suggested (help) - ^ "SA President's XV win Tbilisi Cup". IRB. 16 June 2013. Archived from the original on 19 June 2013. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Bothma joins Sharks" (Press release). Sharks. 11 November 2014. Archived from the original on 6 September 2015. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
{{cite press release}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Sampie word 'n Leeu" (in Afrikaans). Netwerk24. 29 October 2014. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
- ^ "Bull surprise with Bothma signing". SuperSport. 21 March 2016. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
- ^ "Harlequins sign Namibian captain Renaldo Bothma" (Press release). Harlequins. 9 November 2016. Archived from the original on 9 November 2016. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
- ^ http://en.espn.co.uk/scrum/rugby/match/220535.html
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- Living people
- 1989 births
- South African rugby union players
- Rugby union flankers
- People from Alberton, Gauteng
- Golden Lions players
- White Namibian people
- Namibian Afrikaner people
- White South African people
- Afrikaner people
- Namibian people of Dutch descent
- South African people of Dutch descent
- Pumas (rugby team) players
- Leopards (rugby team) players
- Namibian rugby union players
- Namibia international rugby union players
- Toyota Verblitz players
- Expatriate rugby union players in Japan
- South African rugby union biography stubs
- Namibian rugby union biography stubs