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Joost van der Westhuizen

South African rugby union player

Rugby player

van der Westhuizen playing for South Africa in 1995

Birth name

Joost van der Westhuizen

Date of birth

(1971-02-20)20 February 1971

Place of birth

Pretoria, South Africa

Date of death

6 February 2017(2017-02-06) (aged 45)

Place of death

Johannesburg, South Africa

Height

1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)

Weight

90 kg (14 st 2 lb; 198 lb)

School

Hoërskool F.H. Odendaal

University

University of Pretoria

Occupation(s)

Professional Sportsman

Position(s)	Scrum-half
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
1993–2003	Blue Bulls	()
Correct as of 26 December 2007
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
1996–2003	Bulls	71	(61)
Correct as of 15 September 2012
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
1993–2003	South Africa	89	(190)
–	Springboks (non test)	22	(90)
Correct as of 15 September 2012

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

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Joost van der Westhuizen

Full name

Joost van der Westhuizen Heystek

Date of birth

(1971-02-20)20 February 1971

Place of birth

Pretoria, South Africa

Date of death

6 February 2017(2017-02-06) (aged 45)

Place of death

Johannesburg, South Africa

Height

1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)

Weight

88 kg (13 st 12 lb)

School

Hoërskool F.H. Odendaal

University

University of Pretoria

Spouse

Amore Vittone

Children

Occupation(s)

Businessman

Position(s)	Scrum-half
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
1993–2003	Blue Bulls	()
Correct as of 26 December 2007
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
1996–2003	Bulls	71	(61)
Correct as of 15 September 2012
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
1993–2003	South Africa	89	(190)
Correct as of 15 September 2012

Joost van der Westhuizen (20 February 1971 – 6 February 2017) was a South African former rugby union player. He played as a scrum-half for the national team. He played in the 1995 and 1999Rugby World Cups.

On 12 May 2011, van der Westhuizen's publicist announced that he had a muscle-related neural disease. It was believed to be a form of motor neurone disease. Doctors at the Cleveland Clini

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Biography

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