John Philip Botha is as shut as one can get to the Toyota Hilux Legend 55, writes Mark Keohane.
The Hilux Legend 55 is offered as being greater than a Bakkie, however when it comes to rugby gamers, it matches the last word in a single Bakkies Botha.
The Keo & Zels Present partnered with Toyota to showcase the Legend 55 and dedicate a four-part collection to 4 Bok legends Zels and I consider to talk the language of the Legend 55.
Our choice coverage was that we couldn’t embrace a present Springbok however needed to dig into the archives to outline legacy and legend as qualities.
Our gifted quartet is Bakkies Botha, Danie Rossouw, Schalk Burger and Frans Steyn.
Within the first of the four-part collection we have a good time the achievements of Bakkies Botha as a Springboks {and professional} rugby participant, who received each rugby title potential when he performed within the Southern Hemisphere for the Bulls and within the Northern Hemisphere when he performed for the French membership Toulon.
Botha, who performed 100 matches for the Bulls in Tremendous Rugby and received the premier southern hemisphere membership title thrice, was a part of the distinctive Toulon squad that received three successive Investec Champions Cup titles, then often known as the Heineken Cup.
Botha additionally received France membership rugby’s coveted Prime 14 title, in addition to the Currie Cup in South Africa.
He received the 2007 World Cup with the Springboks, a 15-6 win in opposition to England in Paris, France, and was additionally a Tri nations title winner.
Botha was the followers’ vote for the best ever No 4 lock within the 30 12 months historical past of Investec Champions Cup and the previous French nationwide coach and Toulon Director of Rugby Bernard Laporte described Botha as one of the best participant he had coached.
Botha informed me it was amongst his best compliments. Equally every time considered one of his friends chosen him of their best World XVs.
Botha is Europe’s Greatest
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In a brand new collection, we have a good time the brand new Toyota Hilux Legend 55, and a choose quartet of Bok rugby legends of comparable ilk!@ToyotaSA #Legend55 #ToyotaBakkiesSA #NotJustABakkie pic.twitter.com/y17evMCfQe
— SA Rugby journal (@SARugbymag) October 3, 2025
