Ruan Botha (born 10 January 1992) is a South African rugby union player.

He made his provincial debut on 31 March 2012 as the Golden Lions thrashed the Griffons 71–25 in Johannesburg.

[3] Botha was named in the South Africa Under 20 team that won the 2012 IRB Junior World Championship.

[5] In May 2019, following three years with Sharks he signed for English Premiership Rugby side London Irish on an initial 6 month contract.

[6] He was due to return to Irish following the 2019–20 Top League season in Japan which he would spend with Kubota Spears.