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Thread: Joost van der Westhuizen has died aged 45.

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    Joost van der Westhuizen has died aged 45.

    Hell of a player.
    Bastard of a disease.

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    Re: Joost van der Westhuizen has died aged 45.

    Great player. Struck down ridiculously early.

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    Re: Joost van der Westhuizen has died aged 45.

    Been ill for a while, terrific scrum half, among the very best, rip.

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    Re: Joost van der Westhuizen has died aged 45.

    Quote Originally Posted by Charlie View Post
    Hell of a player.
    Bastard of a disease.
    He set up a fund for research into the disease when he first got it

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    Re: Joost van der Westhuizen has died aged 45.

    Very sad especially for someone so young and after having had such a brilliant sporting career.

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    Re: Joost van der Westhuizen has died aged 45.

    Im not an egg chaser but I find this news very sad 45 is way to young.
    I sat next to Joost in Les Croupiers casino when he was at the height of his fame.
    He liked a game of Black Jack.

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    Re: Joost van der Westhuizen has died aged 45.

    I don't think there have been many better scrum halves than him.

    His death had been an inevitability for a couple of years now, but it's still sad when it comes to anyone as talented and young as he was.

    RIP

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    Re: Joost van der Westhuizen has died aged 45.

    So quick from the base of the scrum, at times if he was in sight of the line no one was stopping him.

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    Re: Joost van der Westhuizen has died aged 45.

    Terrific player and made that Bok team tick.
    Makes you realise how fragile life can be when someone that young and once so fit can be taken.

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    Re: Joost van der Westhuizen has died aged 45.

    Very sad news. One of the truly great rugby players. Skilful, fast and brave in the tackle. He was probably too brave for his own good. He spent the 1995 RWC Final seeking out, hunting down and taking out the man mountain, Jonah Lomu. Not a recommended course of action for anyone interested in self-preservation. Always extremely sad to lose an exceptional athlete to a cruel disease and well before his time. Sad loss. RIP.

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    Re: Joost van der Westhuizen has died aged 45.

    Quote Originally Posted by jackrabbit View Post
    Very sad news. One of the truly great rugby players. Skilful, fast and brave in the tackle. He was probably too brave for his own good. He spent the 1995 RWC Final seeking out, hunting down and taking out the man mountain, Jonah Lomu. Not a recommended course of action for anyone interested in self-preservation. Always extremely sad to lose an exceptional athlete to a cruel disease and well before his time. Sad loss. RIP.
    Well said

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