Joost Van Der Westhuizen was South Africa's
most capped player upon his retirement in 2003.
At the time of his retirement the scrum-half's 89
Test appearances left him 12 caps ahead of the
Springboks second most capped player Mark Andrews.
Career Record: Played 89: Won 60, Drew 1, Lost 28
Test Points: 190
Tries: 38.
Joost Van Der Westhuizen died on Monday 6th. February 2017, aged just 45.
In 2011 he announced he had amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, a form of motor neurone disease (MND).
16/06/01 v France (Jo'burg) L 32-23
23/06/01 v France (Durban) W 20-15
30/06/01 v Italy (R) (P. Elizabeth) W 60-14
21/07/01 v New Zealand (Cape Town) L 12-3 (TN)
28/07/01 v Australia (Pretoria) W 20-15 (TN)
18/08/01 v Australia (Perth) D 14-14 (TN)
25/08/01 v New Zealand (Auckland) L 26-15 (TN)
10/11/01 v France (Paris) L 20-10
17/11/01 v Italy (Genova) W 54-26
24/11/01 v England (Twickenham) L 29-9
01/12/01 v USA (R) (Houston) W 43-20
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07/06/03 v Scotland (Durban) W 29-25
14/06/03 v Scotland (Johannesburg) W 28-19
12/07/03 v Australia (Cape Town) W 26-22 (TN)
19/07/03 v New Zealand (Pretoria) L 52-16 (TN)
02/08/03 v Australia (R) (Brisbane) L 29-9 (TN)
09/08/03 v New Zealand (Dunedin) L 19-11 (TN)
11/10/03 v Uruguay (Perth) W 72-6 (W.Cup)
18/10/03 v England (Perth) L 25-6 (World Cup)
01/11/03 v Samoa (Brisbane) W 60-10 (World Cup)
08/11/03 v New Zealand (Melbourne) L 29-9 (World Cup)
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Joost Van Der Westhuizen is pictured
aboveprior to the match against England
at Twickenham
in December 2000. Photo George Herringshaw. ©
07/08/99 v New Zealand (Pretoria) L 34-18 (TN)
14/08/99 v Australia (Cape Town) W 10-9 (TN)
03/10/99 v Scotland (M'field) W 46-29 (World Cup)
10/10/99 v Spain (R) (M'field) W 47-3 (World Cup)
15/10/99 v Uruguay (Glasgow) W 39-3 (World Cup)
24/10/99 v England (Paris) W 44-21 (World Cup)
30/10/99 v Australia (Tw'ham) L 27-21 (World Cup)
04/11/99 v N. Zealand (Cardiff) W 22-18 (World Cup 3/4)
10/06/00 v Canada (East London) W 51-18
17/06/00 v England (Pretoria) W 18-13
24/06/00 v England (Bloemfontein) L 27-22
08/07/00 v Australia (R) (Melbourne) L 44-23
22/07/00 v New Zealand (R) (Ch'church) L 25-12 (TN)
29/07/00 v Australia (R) (Sydney) L 26-6 (TN)
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12/11/00 v Argentina (Buenos Aries) W 37-33
19/11/00 v Ireland (Dublin) W 28-18
26/11/00 v Wales (Cardiff) W 23-13
02/12/00 v England (Twickenham) L 25-17
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Joost Van Der Westhuizen is pictured
above playing for The Springboks during their 28-20 win
against Wales
at Wembley Stadium on 14th November 1998. Image G. Herringshaw ©
10/06/97 v Tonga (Cape Town) W 74-10
21/06/97 v British Isles (Cape Town) L 25-16
28/06/97 v British Isles (Durban) L 18-15
05/07/97 v British Isles (Jo'burg) W 35-16
19/07/97 v New Zealand (Jo'burg) L 35-32 (TN)
02/08/97 v Australia (Brisbane) L 32-20 (TN)
09/08/97 v New Zealand (Auckland) L 55-35 (TN)
23/08/97 v Australia (Pretoria) W 61-22 (TN)
08/11/97 v Italy (Bologna) W 62-31
15/11/97 v France (Lyon) W 36-32
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13/06/98 v Ireland (Bloemfontein) W 37-13
20/06/98 v Ireland (Pretoria) W 33-0
27/06/98 v Wales (Pretoria) W 96-13
04/07/98 v England (Cape Town) W 18-0
18/07/98 v Australia (Perth) W 14-13 (TN)
25/07/98 v New Zealand (Wellington) W 13-3 (TN)
15/08/98 v New Zealand (Durban) W 24-23 (TN)
22/08/98 v Australia (Jo'burg) W 29-15 (TN)
14/11/98 v Wales (Wembley) W 28-20
21/11/98 v Scotland (Murrayfield) W 35-10
28/11/98 v Ireland (Dublin) W 27-13
05/12/98 v England (Twickenham) L 13-7
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Joost Van Der Westhuizen is pictured above
prior to the 37-20 win against Wales in Cardiff
on 15th December 1996. Photograph Nigel French © G.H.
06/11/93 v Argentina (Buenos Aries) W 29-26
13/11/93 v Argentina (Buenos Aries) W 52-23
04/06/94 v England (Pretoria) L 32-15
11/06/94 v England (R) (Cape Town) W 27-9
15/10/94 v Argentina (Jo'burg) W 46-26
19/11/94 v Scotland (Murrayfield) W 34-10
26/11/94 v Wales (Cardiff) W 20-12
13/04/95 v W. Samoa (Jo'burg) W 60-8
25/05/95 v Australia (Cape Town) W 27-18 (World Cup)
03/06/95 v Canada (R) (P. Elizabeth) W 20-0 (World Cup)
10/06/95 v W. Samoa (Jo'burg) W 42-14 (World Cup)
17/06/95 v France (Durban) W 19-15 (World Cup)
24/06/95 v N. Zealand (Jo'burg) W 15-12 (World Cup Final)
02/09/95 v Wales (Jo'burg) W 40-11
12/11/95 v Italy (Rome) W 40-21
18/11/95 v England (Twickenham) W 24-14
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02/07/96 v Fiji (Pretoria) W 43-18
13/07/96 v Australia (Sydney) L 21-16 (TN)
03/08/96 v Australia (R) (B'fontein) W 25-19 (TN)
10/08/96 v New Zealand (Cape Town) L 29-18 (TN)
17/08/96 v New Zealand (R) (Durban) L 23-19
24/08/96 v New Zealand (Pretoria) L 33-26
31/08/96 v New Zealand (Jo'burg) W 32-22
09/11/96 v Argentina (Buenos Aries) W 46-15
16/11/96 v Argentina (Buenos Aries) W 44-21
30/11/96 v France (Bordeaux) W 22-12
07/12/96 v France (Paris) W 13-12
15/12/96 v Wales (Cardiff) W 37-20
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