Botha Rossouw
Full names: Paul Botha
Date of birth: 3 Nov 1969
Place of birth: Pretoria
School: Tom Naude
Springbok no: 578
Springbok debut province: Leopards
Date of death: 29 Aug 2023 (Age 53)
Test summary: No Tests
Tours France & England 1992


Full name: Paul Botha Rossouw

Born: Pretoria, 3 November 1969

Clubs: Potchefstroom University, Hamiltons, Correctional Services

Provinces: Western Transvaal, Western Province, Northern Transvaal, South Western Districts, Eastern Province

International career: 1992: no tests

Botha Rossouw, whose wife played netball for South Africa, went on the first post-isolation Springbok tour when still a young student at Potchefstroom University. He was one of the surprise choices for the tour, selected ahead of Francois Pienaar. He was injured on the tour and returned home before the English leg of the tour, replaced by FC Smit. In 1994 he moved to Northern Transvaal, came back to Cape Town and joined Hamiltons. He played in the Western Province trials, was injured and went back to Northern Transvaal. In 1997 he moved to South Western Districts and was in the team that beat Northern Transvaal at Loftus Versfeld.