Joost van der Westhuizen a true great

Joost van der Westhuizen was a giant of South African rugby and one of the best scrum-halves of all time.

His death at the age of 45 from motor neurone disease seems particularly cruel considering the physicality he was known for on the rugby field.

Van der Westhuizen was born in Pretoria in February 1971 and spent his entire senior career at the Blue Bulls between 1993 and 2003.