Naas Botha
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| Birth name | Hendrik Egnatius Botha | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 27 February 1958 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Breyten, Transvaal, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Hoërskool Hendrik Verwoerd | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | University of Pretoria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hendrik Egnatius 'Naas' Botha (born 27 February 1958) is a South African former rugby union player who played as a Fly-half for Northern Transvaal, Rugby Rovigo and South Africa (the Springboks).
He was voted SA Rugby Player of the Year in 1979, 1981, 1985 and 1987. Botha mostly played in the fly-half position and is now a rugby commentator for the South African M-Net and Supersport TV channels. He is also the Director of Rugby at Hoërskool Eldoraigne.