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2 89 joost van der westhuizen
 1996 -- 2003 20 february 1971 -lrb- 61 -rrb- 1993 -- 2003 1993 -- 2003 university of pretoria south africa blue bulls -lrb- 190 -rrb- 15 september 2012 71 joost van der westhuizen 2014.jpg scrum-half amore vittone amore vittone joost van der westhuizen hoërskool f.h. odendaal businessman pretoria , south africa 1.85 m ftin on 15 september 2012 bulls 88 kg stlb on 26 december 2007 joost van der westhuizen heystek
joost van der westhuizen

joost van der westhuizen -lrb- born 20 february 1971 -rrb- is a south african former rugby union player who played as a scrum-half for the national team .
he represented south africa in 89 test matches , scoring 38 tries , and was a member of the victorious south african rugby team at the 1995 world cup .
he was inducted into the irb international rugby hall of fame in 2007 .
his playing honours include the world cup -lrb- 1995 -rrb- , the tri-nations title -lrb- 1998 -rrb- , two domestic currie cup trophies -lrb- 1998 & 2002 -rrb- , and he was a member of the south african rugby team at three rugby world cups -lrb- 1995 , 1999 , 2003 -rrb- .
in 2011 , van der westhuizen announced that he had amyotrophic lateral sclerosis , a form of motor neurone disease -lrb- mnd -rrb- .
he actively campaigns for issues relating to mnd through the j9 foundation , a charity devoted to mnd issues .
