R21 Million does not lie, and that is what Bakkies Botha is going to be paid when he relocates to France after the rugby world cup. He is obviously seen as a very good player. Termi-bakkies or the Bakkies-nator is a hard player and does not conform to the IRB's persistent push to sanitize rugby.
Rugby is famously a game for all shapes and sizes and since when is cleaning out smaller players from the ruck seen as bullying? Shane Williams does not run slower when he sees Andries Bekker or any other large forward in front of him, no, he uses his speed to his own advantage. And rightly so.
Rugby is war and if the officials in charge of this great game wan't to do some good for a change they should start by cleaning up the scrums, cutting out the pause nonsense before the engage and bring back old-school ruckking.
Botha may watch romantic comedies with his wife these days but that does not mean he should stop being the feared and respected player he is on the field. Yes, he has been prone to brain farts but he is only human.
If the officials continue to kill the game we are going to end up with touch-rugby and the possibility of never getting to see a hit like the Chiropractor did on Derrick Hougaard at the 2003 Rugby World Cup.
So here is some advice for all those out there complaining about how rough and dangerous rugby is. If you don't like it you do not have to watch or play it.
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