Timeline Joost van der Westhuizen’s life and career


Joost van der Westhuizen Register The Times

Former South Africa captain Joost van der Westhuizen has died aged 45, six years after he was diagnosed with the debilitating motor neurone disease. Van der Westhuizen won the World Cup with.


South Africa legend Joost van der Westhuizen dies, aged 45 Rugby Eurosport

Former South Africa captain Joost van der Westhuizen has died at the age of 45. Here, in a poignant piece first published in August 2013, he tells the BBC about his "rollercoaster" battle with.


Joost van der Westhuizen dead at 45 Legend passes away Daily Mail Online

Joost van der Westhuizen (20 February 1971 - 6 February 2017) was a South African professional rugby union player who made 89 appearances in test matches for the national team, scoring 38 tries. He mostly played as a scrum-half and participated in three Rugby World Cups, most notably in the 1995 tournament, which was won by South Africa.


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Former South Africa captain Joost van der Westhuizen has died aged 45, six years after he was diagnosed with the debilitating motor neurone disease. Van der Westhuizen won the World Cup.


Important details about the late, great Joost van der Westhuizen Briefly.co.za

Joost van der Westhuizen, South African idol and one the greatest rugby players ever to grace the field, disclosed that he had a particularly aggressive form of motor neurone disease (MND), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The prognosis was grave. Sufferers with his condition are generally given between two and five years to live.


South Africa remembers Joost van der Westhuizen Northglen News

Joost van der Westhuizen is a legend of South African rugby who has been battling motor neurone disease since being diagnosed in 2011. He is now confined to a wheelchair but continues to travel.


Timeline Joost van der Westhuizen’s life and career

Joost van der Westhuizen, (born February 20, 1971, Pretoria, South Africa—died February 6, 2017, Johannesburg), South African rugby union football player who was an unusually powerful scrum half and helped propel the South African Springboks to victory in the 1995 Rugby Union World Cup.


Joost van der Westhuizen in 2014 by 'n geleentheid waar hy vereer is met 'n SuidAfrikaanse

Joost van der Westhuizen, who passed away on February 6 2017 at 45 after a prolonged battle with motor neurone disease, holds a special place in the annals of South African rugby. He was just.


L’ancien rugbyman sudafricain Joost van der Westhuizen est décédé

Joost van der Westhuizen, the South African Rugby World Cup winner, has died aged 45. The former scrum-half had been living with motor neurone disease since 2011 and was admitted to a.


Joost van der Westhuizen The Man In The Mirror

Van der Westhuizen, who has died of motor neurone disease aged 45, gave the pass that June day in Johannesburg for Joel Stransky to kick his winning drop-goal in extra time.


BREAKING NEWS Rugby legend Joost van der Westhuizen dies

Joost van der Westhuizen may have passed away in 2017, aged 45, but as the old saying goes, legends never die. The former Springbok scrum-half earned legendary status as a member of the Springbok side that won Rugby World Cup 1995, and later through the courage he showed in tackling the debilitating effects of Motor Neurone Disease.


South Africa rugby union legend Joost van der Westhuizen dies aged 45 Metro News

Joost van der Westhuizen, who as scrumhalf for South Africa triumphed at the 1995 Rugby World Cup, died on Monday at age 45 after a long battle with motor neurone disease, his charitable.


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Joost van der Westhuizen


YOU app pays tribute to Joost van der Westhuizen in a special iPad app about his life

Joost van der Westhuizen was the archetypal Springbok, an Afrikaner whose name became a byword for brilliance, total commitment and supreme physicality. Now the 42-year-old is confined to a.


South Africa rugby star Joost van der Westhuizen dies age 45 Daily Star

Joost van der Westhuizen, who won the 1995 World Cup with South Africa as Nelson Mandela looked on, has died after a six-year-battle with motor neuron disease. He was 45. SA Rugby announced the death on Monday.


Joost, the man who gave SA a rugby World Cup and insights into MND City Press

CNN — Former South Africa rugby great Joost van der Westhuizen has died aged 45 after losing his battle with motor neurone disease. A public memorial service will be held for the 1995 Rugby.