The Springbok star has just had a plate and nine screws put into his right arm as he hopes to be fit for Toulon’s Heineken Cup quarter-final with Leinster in April.
Playing against Brive last week in the Top 14, Toulon’s star lock Bakkies Botha broke his right arm. An operation to stick him back together took place this week, one that involved a metal plate and nine screws.
It also involved a pretty cool scar, which the massive Springbok tweeted to the world last night.
Plaat met 9 skroewe het hulle darem mooi in gesit nou is daar nog 10kg by op die skaal. LOL pic.twitter.com/kv9rq4FxTO
— Bakkies Botha (@BakkiesBotha4) February 6, 2014
The tweet translates from Afrikaans as ‘Plate and nine screws well inserted. There is another 10kg on the scale. LOL’
On South African site Sport24, Botha spoke about his recovery.
“I had the operation on Monday, they put in a plate with nine screws. It’s all healed up now and I am putting on a brace today. I have to wear the brace for six weeks and after I take it off, I must train for another four, so I will be back on the pitch again in two-and-a-half months.”
That means his chances of facing Leinster on April 6 have to be in the balance, but we won’t be writing off the big fella just yet.
