A fan by the name of Keiran Duignan created a four-minute short film, titled 'Number 9', in honour of Joost van der Westhuizen - and it has gone viral. The passing of former Springbok Joost van der Westhuizen, who fought a lengthy battle with motor neuron disease, has left the country and the sports industry in mourning. I made this film to try and help raise awareness to the destructive degenerative disease ALS-MND" - reported GoodThingsGuys. "A short tribute film of one of the greatest Scrum-Halves ever to play Rugby Union.
CJ Stander on the 'unbelievable human being' Joost van der Westhuizen
Irish flanker CJ Stander paid a personal tribute to former Springbok Joost van der Westhuizen, who died of Motor Neurone Disease at 45-years-old on Monday following a struggle for almost six years. But Van der Westhuizen made several tackles to stop Lomu, including a crunching one just outside his 22m line. That's something I remember."Stander's final conversation with van der Westhuizen was last summer, when Ireland were in South Africa on a three Test tour. It was their first time playing in a World Cup, a consequence of the previous apartheid system and in the final the Springboks faced favourites New Zealand. "He was an unbelievable player and even an unbelievable human being.This content may collect you by Max Nolan
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