Bakkies ready for farm life

London - He will soon return home to South Africa to focus on his family and his livestock farm, but life after rugby can wait a few more weeks. Bakkies Botha wants to go out in a blaze of glory with Toulon.

With a Rugby World Cup triumph in 2007, three Super Rugby championships with the Bulls and two European titles with Toulon, not to mention Tri-Nations, Currie Cup and Top 14 honours - few can match the Springbok second row enforcer's illustrious achievements.

But in the twilight of his career and savouring the prospect ahead of the "calmness of the bush", Botha, perhaps befitting a deeply religious man, prefers to focus on the team, rather than his individual contribution.