Joost van der Westhuizen: A Tribute to an Iconic Career

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  • Опубликовано: 3 ноя 2024

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  • @WorldRugby
    @WorldRugby  3 года назад +9

    What is your favourite Joost van der Westhuizen memory? Let us know in the comments.

  • @nodeartr8134
    @nodeartr8134 3 года назад +49

    Joost halting Jonah is one of my favourite rugby moments. Two of the greatest legends from either team in the best David v Goliath moment

  • @skee6793
    @skee6793 3 года назад +19

    Absolute Legend, much love & respect from Fiji 🇫🇯❤

  • @smallsymcsmalls8331
    @smallsymcsmalls8331 3 года назад +18

    A brilliant, brilliant player. I’m so glad I got to watch him play live so many times.

  • @duncanwcraig9668
    @duncanwcraig9668 3 года назад +13

    Joost had an amazing impact on World rugby. Best 9 I’ve ever seen. Thanks 🙏 from a NZ bloke. Man he was good !

  • @TheMarathonomahos
    @TheMarathonomahos 3 года назад +35

    Living in NZ I obviously want to say an All Black halfback was the best, but no one matched Joost. He was the complete halfback. What couldn't he do? The guy was a freak. Maybe one of the most complete rugby players I've seen in my 83 years.

    • @tonyjlorns1727
      @tonyjlorns1727 Год назад +1

      Him and Jonah

    • @TheMarathonomahos
      @TheMarathonomahos Год назад

      @@tonyjlorns1727 Jonah was a great player, but he wasn't the complete package in his position. South Africa were very clever on that they identified his weaknesses, which is probably why he never managed to score against them.

    • @richardgrant418
      @richardgrant418 Год назад

      @@TheMarathonomahosWhat did Jonah lack?? He has the equal highest number of tries in World Cups - but achieved that in less games than any of the other players.
      What more would you want from a winger? ??

    • @KwizatsHaderach8
      @KwizatsHaderach8 8 месяцев назад +1

      @richardgrant418 Yeah agree - comment above yours a bit silly. Jonah was as much a freak in his position as Joost was. Arguably the best wing (one of) of all time (hate absolutes). A wing's main job is to finish a movement and actually score the try - Jonah did that with a strike rate that that was unrivalled. I think their friendship was partly born out of this and their sharing or debilitating diseases. Obviously the legacy and ongoing rivalry of Boks vs Blacks underpinned this too.

    • @bushbabybotha9943
      @bushbabybotha9943 5 месяцев назад

      @@richardgrant418he lacked handling skills, kicking skills, catching skills, the only skills he had were steroids which destroyed his kidneys.

  • @eugenemakwena6792
    @eugenemakwena6792 3 года назад +14

    Had a big Joost poster in my room as a 9 year old boy. Never supported the Bulls but Joost was and still is one of my greatest rugby heroes! Long live J9🇿🇦💚

  • @MrFijibati
    @MrFijibati 3 года назад +21

    What a LEGEND👍
    One of the best if not the best #9 to ever play in the game - modern day #9 lack the Will, Heart and Courage of Joost🇿🇦
    Definitely in my World Rugby Hall of Fame🥇

    • @WorldRugby
      @WorldRugby  3 года назад +6

      Agreed! Champion in every sense of the word 🏆

    • @davidrees2164
      @davidrees2164 3 года назад +4

      Defo the best number 9 of all time.

    • @oliverhunter9495
      @oliverhunter9495 2 года назад

      It’s tough isn’t it because the other 9 is Gareth Edwards who essentially changed it everything in rugby. But i agree it’s impossible to separate them, for me he was the best player of his era , such a sad death but what an incredible life.

    • @Deontjie
      @Deontjie 2 года назад +1

      Joost was the Springbok's second choice after Johan Roux. Joost only played because Roux got a knock and decided not to continue play. According to me Roux was not even South Africa's third best number nine at that time. How they preferred Roux over Joost is still a mystery. Same reason why the world's best number eight was not selected?

  • @NC78545
    @NC78545 3 года назад +23

    Bill McLaren commentating when Joost was playing against Scotland was the best ever! He admired this unorthodox nr.9 almost wishing his team could have a player like this...I'm pretty sure Bill is a speaker up in heaven. The only other 'big 9' I can think of is Mike Philips from Wales... Please add other names to the hat if you can think of similar 9's. Rip Joost and Bill.

    • @TipOfAfrica0010
      @TipOfAfrica0010 3 года назад +1

      Yes I do recall Bill McLaren waxing lyrical about Joost...

    • @canadiancontent352
      @canadiancontent352 3 года назад

      Connor Murrays relatively tall for a 9, he used to score a lot too! 4 against the ABs

    • @tobyhart8515
      @tobyhart8515 3 года назад +1

      Robert du Preez

  • @chadalexander8722
    @chadalexander8722 3 года назад +4

    Hi Gary here - thank u for your service - RIP , Mr Joost V/D Westhuizen(Legend)!

  • @denloye6282
    @denloye6282 24 дня назад +1

    The most valuable knock on in World Cup History. RIP to a Legendary Springbok

  • @jpowell2603
    @jpowell2603 2 года назад +5

    Much respect to this champion! RIP Joost from New Zealand 💯👏👏

  • @davidrees2164
    @davidrees2164 3 года назад +3

    I am so glad to have witnessed this amazing player, the best scrum half I have ever seen.

  • @GFUNK27
    @GFUNK27 3 года назад +4

    this man took on Jonah lomu in 95 world cup and did not stop he the reason I played rugby and why I were number 9 on my back in my playing days this man is the G9OAT

  • @hippz11
    @hippz11 3 года назад +5

    As a hardcore all blacks fan he was one of my favourite rugby players growing up absolute legend 💪

  • @agnostic47
    @agnostic47 3 года назад +8

    Just a great player. Taken cruelly soon.

  • @philmcnamara299
    @philmcnamara299 3 года назад +2

    Wat a brilliant player he was gutsy nimble of foot great to read the game remember him with a smile I surly will gave his all in every game tuff as nails he was

  • @reinhardthuman3565
    @reinhardthuman3565 3 года назад +1

    What a great player and person i took a photo of him and my two sons at a springbok training and framed it what a legend thank you Joost RIP

  • @MrKelso85
    @MrKelso85 Год назад +3

    One thing I know, is that him and Jonah are in heaven, and he’s still the only Man who could reliably tackle Lomu at full speed 🙏

  • @laidsgpr63
    @laidsgpr63 3 месяца назад

    Joost, you had a lot of admirers !
    You deserved the Springboks jersey my man !! Well done ! R.I.P.❤

  • @derekglasspool946
    @derekglasspool946 2 года назад +1

    What a 9 loved watching him just fabulous.

  • @jamesrichards4294
    @jamesrichards4294 Год назад +1

    From an Englishman who’s watched a lot of sport, Joost was a heck of a player.

  • @steventheron1165
    @steventheron1165 3 года назад

    Joost was my inspiration when I was a kid. The diving passes, sniping through gaps and his tackling were things I tried to emulate.

  • @reinhardtherrmann5485
    @reinhardtherrmann5485 3 года назад +1

    One of the best, if not the best no.9 in the world

  • @paulgrantchinn5926
    @paulgrantchinn5926 Год назад +1

    What a player, what man

  • @louisjwiese5515
    @louisjwiese5515 3 года назад +18

    That is just his world cup performances...
    And he didn't recover in time for the final. He played with broken ribs.

    • @Wall1s_
      @Wall1s_ 3 года назад +5

      I thought ‘recover’ wasn’t right. I bruised my rib once, six weeks it took me to recover.
      And I think André Joubert played with a broken hand?

    • @louisjwiese5515
      @louisjwiese5515 3 года назад +4

      @@Wall1s_ Yes, Joubert had a special glove imported for the final, in order to be able to handle the ball during the final. That team had a bit of talent here and there (Joubert and Joost being two of them), but it was more their sheer bloody mindedness that won them that final. What we call "harde-gat" or "hardkoppigheid" I suppose (basically the same as hardheadedness/stubbornness). The All Blacks at the time, were obviously more talented. Just goes to show what difference a team's mentality can make in the World Cup.

    • @wezvandez
      @wezvandez 3 года назад +2

      Joost played with a broken rib and Joubert with a broken hand, and we still hear from sour folk about some fictional hotel employee called Suzie.

    • @carolmorris404
      @carolmorris404 3 года назад

      @@louisjwiese5515 are you family of our great Kobus Weise. Yes, I know it is a common surname in SA but I really would be interested to know 🇿🇦

    • @carolmorris404
      @carolmorris404 3 года назад +3

      @@wezvandez ag dit was sommer kak. As hulle haar Sarie genoem het so ek gedink dit kon miskien waar wees.

  • @moniqueranouna5926
    @moniqueranouna5926 2 года назад +4

    RIP LEGEND - FOREVER

  • @rampageclover9788
    @rampageclover9788 3 года назад +3

    RIP Joost, Ruben and Jonah

  • @aluncurtis6124
    @aluncurtis6124 4 месяца назад

    He found gaps where there weren't any. Legend.

  • @wezvandez
    @wezvandez 3 года назад +3

    Baie dankie, Joost.

  • @ompabaletserametse8643
    @ompabaletserametse8643 3 года назад

    Thank you for making this vid, I here from his movie.

  • @umaimabaig1511
    @umaimabaig1511 Год назад +1

    Phenomenal player

  • @TheodoreCaesarMoseby
    @TheodoreCaesarMoseby 3 года назад +3

    Greatest surname ever

  • @Adinrostwitchclipss
    @Adinrostwitchclipss 3 года назад +2

    Best player ever

    • @WorldRugby
      @WorldRugby  3 года назад

      One of the ALL TIME greats!

  • @Joffa85
    @Joffa85 3 года назад +3

    Who cares about who’s the best have some respect ✊ rip legend

  • @thesupplementadvisor
    @thesupplementadvisor 3 года назад +1

    RIP LEGEND - GOAT

  • @tonyjlorns1727
    @tonyjlorns1727 Год назад +1

    Imagine Joost and Jonah playing in the same team

  • @hillscanlon2717
    @hillscanlon2717 11 месяцев назад

    He is the GOAT 😊

  • @tjops1000
    @tjops1000 2 месяца назад

    RIP Joost jyt swaar gekry. Anita Jackson, Bloemfontein

  • @bushbabybotha9943
    @bushbabybotha9943 5 месяцев назад

    He lives next to my grandfather in JHB, nice guy.

    • @MightyJuwan
      @MightyJuwan Месяц назад

      No he doesn't bro he lived somewhere in Pretoria and he is my uncle and I can prove it

  • @andretorres75
    @andretorres75 2 года назад +1

    Legend! 🇿🇦9

  • @bumbelb263
    @bumbelb263 Год назад

    Legend

  • @eliasbairamis6069
    @eliasbairamis6069 Год назад

    RIP, Joost.

  • @haniffirdaus2136
    @haniffirdaus2136 3 года назад +1

    GOAT

  • @henryshen5445
    @henryshen5445 Год назад

    You don't usually see a scrumhalf crashing over a few big forwards, except Joost.

  • @janinegriffin950
    @janinegriffin950 Год назад

    I love when the Boks beat New Zealand 😊😊

  • @elijahleesoobramoney6215
    @elijahleesoobramoney6215 2 года назад

    David vs Goliath 1995 RWC final...

  • @MightyJuwan
    @MightyJuwan Месяц назад

    Some of you guys might not believe me but joost van der westhuizen is my uncle

  • @RPedro87
    @RPedro87 3 года назад +1

    For those saying Gareth Edwards is better...
    Gareth Edwards scored 20 tries in 53 appearances for Wales. Joost scored 38 tries in 89 appearances... Joost has more tries, a longer career and crucially a World Cup medal... Case closed.

    • @oliverhunter9495
      @oliverhunter9495 2 года назад +2

      It’s not always about stats, they played less internationals in those days and the World Cup didn’t exist. Gareth was probably the most influential player from 1969 until ???? But obviously things do change. Edwards changed how rugby was played and it’s churlish to deny just how good he was just because it was another era. But I do think it’s an really close call because Joost was such a special player and a many great players who played against say he was the best they saw.

  • @Davidkxf
    @Davidkxf 3 года назад +1

    He should have played on the flank.

  • @tupapa9637
    @tupapa9637 3 года назад +1

    Alguien me puede decir que le pasó que quedó cuadriplejo

    • @Merula-er1xr
      @Merula-er1xr 11 месяцев назад

      Tenía una enfermedad horrible, creo que el nombre correcto es esclerosis lateral amiotrófica (ELA) . Es progresiva y no tiene cura. Muy cruel.

  • @thelammas8283
    @thelammas8283 Год назад

    Ask Alex van Tonder 😂😂

  • @pjn2001
    @pjn2001 Год назад

    Rus sag broer.

  • @themasterofunlocking5668
    @themasterofunlocking5668 3 года назад +4

    Only just behind Gareth Edwards as the greatest scrum half of all time. What a player.

    • @connievanzyl9200
      @connievanzyl9200 3 года назад +5

      You dream pal. Joost was the complete scrumhalf. He could do anything that Edwards could do better, and his attacking ability and defence for a scrumhalf was second to none. Literally made match winning tackles on his own multiple times and scored a record for a scrumhalf number of tries: 38.

    • @themasterofunlocking5668
      @themasterofunlocking5668 3 года назад +2

      I don’t deny any of that. He was a phenomenon. But Edwards is considered by many to be the greatest if not one of the greatest players players ever. He absolutely terrified the all blacks and springboks with the Lions in the early 70s and was part of a breathtaking Wales team that won multiple grand slams and six nations.

    • @mikeyraad568
      @mikeyraad568 3 года назад +4

      That depends on where you come from.. Joost was my favourite player ever never mind a no.9

    • @themasterofunlocking5668
      @themasterofunlocking5668 3 года назад

      @@mikeyraad568 Definitely . Now I’m not Welsh so I don’t have bias but it’s just my opinion.

    • @grantwilkinson24
      @grantwilkinson24 2 года назад +1

      I rate both Edwards and Joost. I would say Joost was better because he played in the modern era, but saying that Edwards I am sure would have also excelled if he played in the modern era.

  • @adrianboshoff1582
    @adrianboshoff1582 2 года назад

    The bad sportsmanship by the all blacks has made us dislike them eversince the great win by 2 disallowed tries by the great passionate bokke in the 1995 world cup.

  • @mariusmarais9750
    @mariusmarais9750 Год назад

    Too think all these so called worlds best 10 ougby players lists, .....hahahahaaa J9 was there master!