Curro Mount Richmore’s children donned their green and gold jerseys on Tuesday in a tribute to former Springbok and Blue Bulls rugby player Joost van der Westhuizen, who passed away Monday after an extended struggle with motor neuron disease.
The Springbok scrum-half had been battling the disease since 2011 and was admitted to hospital on Saturday 4 February according to his J9 Foundation.
Van der Westhuizen spent the last few years of his life fighting the disease and creating awareness around it through his J9 Foundation.
He was part of the triumphant South African Rugby team at the 1995 Rugby World Cup and was inducted into the International Rugby Hall of Fame in 2007. He represented South Africa in 89 test matches, scoring 38 tries. The rugby legend played at three Rugby World Cups (1995, 1999, 2003), the Tri-Nations Cup (1998) and won two domestic Currie Cup trophies (1998 and 2002).
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