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Cape Town - Former Springbok flyhalf Naas Botha has revealed how they were paid only R5 per game during his playing days.

The legendary flyhalf played 179 matches for the then Northern Transvaal (Blue Bulls) as well as 119 for Italian club Rovigo.

He played during South Africa’s sporting isolation and as such only played a meagre 28 Tests for the Springboks between 1980 and 1992.

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