So, so sad. RIP sir.
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Joost van der Westhuizen
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J9 -
Always ask yourself, "What would Big Rodney do"... And every time the answer is... "Eat It"
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A real bugger of a disease, like many more gone far too soon RIP J9
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Hate seeing the footage of Joost in his latter years, prefer to remember him doing what we all know him for.
A man who played the game about 20 years ahead of his time. How many players from the 95 RWC could walk onto an international field now and not look out of place? RIP
A man who played the game about 20 years ahead of his time. How many players from the 95 RWC could walk onto an international field now and not look out of place? RIP
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I could name a few from even earlier but of course the proviso would be the were blessed by modern nutrition & training. That said, Willie John would be regarded as too small for a forward these days, try the wing young lad. I met Syd Millar on a flight from Paris to Belfast 10 years ago and he told me that at his heaviest he was 15 st 7 pounds and the average weight in the pack would have been around that weight.ColinM wrote:Hate seeing the footage of Joost in his latter years, prefer to remember him doing what we all know him for.
A man who played the game about 20 years ahead of his time. How many players from the 95 RWC could walk onto an international field now and not look out of place? RIP
Did you know that CMH Gibson was the first ever replacement in international rugby, 1967-68 season I believe. now he would make clowns of most modern day centres with the above proviso. A few of his Welsh contemporaries come to mind too.
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I checked today and would you believe, it Joost van der Westhuizen is still the best scrumhalf ever to play the game.
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I see Mr Terblanche is leading the memorial in Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria today.
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*Our* Mr Terblanche, or one of the many others?Jackie Brown wrote:I see Mr Terblanche is leading the memorial in Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria today.
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