Joost van der Westhuizen

[Legend10]

So sad, just shows how nature can cut down even the strongest of men at a young age!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-union/23699697

Clearly one of rugbys all time greats and I wish him well in his last days!

 

[Legend10]

Can a mod please change the title to Joost

Predictive text so annoying!

 

[barry]

Real shame. Used to love this guy. Best name ever.

 

[not_tenth-again]

Shame. He was a machine in his prime. absolute world class.

Shitty way to go, had a friend go the same way, its brutal.

 

[ravo]

One of the best halfbacks the game has seen.

 

[Geyzer Soze]

Holy shit, one of my sporting heroes. How did i not know about this? So very very sad, what an amazing sportsman athlete and human being

 

[NP4_Yid]

One of the greatest scrum halves of my lifetime.

I know two people who passed away due to MND and I can't think of a worse way to go. Very cruel illness.