Joost van der Westhuizen

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human rugby union player scrum-half

Joost van der Westhuizen was a legendary South African scrum-half renowned for his pivotal role in the Springboks’ 1995 Rugby World Cup victory and his status as one of the greatest players in rugby union history.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Joost van der Westhuizen canonical 2
Joost Heystek van der Westhuizen 1
van der Westhuizen 1

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf human ⓘ
rugby union player ⓘ
scrum-half ⓘ
causeOfDeath motor neurone disease ⓘ
citizenship South Africa ⓘ
club Blue Bulls ⓘ
Bulls ⓘ
consideredOneOf greatest South African rugby players ⓘ
greatest scrum-halves in rugby union history ⓘ
countryOfBirth South Africa ⓘ
countryOfDeath South Africa ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1971-02-20 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2017-02-06 ⓘ
diagnosedWith amyotrophic lateral sclerosis ⓘ
motor neurone disease ⓘ
domesticCompetition Currie Cup ⓘ
era professional era of rugby union ⓘ
familyName Joost van der Westhuizen self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: van der Westhuizen
foundationPurpose support for people with motor neurone disease ⓘ
founded J9 Foundation ⓘ
fullName Joost van der Westhuizen self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Joost Heystek van der Westhuizen
givenName Joost ⓘ
hallOfFameInduction International Rugby Hall of Fame ⓘ
World Rugby Hall of Fame ⓘ
hallOfFameInductionYear 2007 ⓘ
2015 ⓘ
height 1.85 m ⓘ
6 ft 1 in ⓘ
internationalCaps 89 ⓘ
internationalDebutFor South Africa national rugby union team ⓘ
internationalDebutYear 1993 ⓘ
internationalPoints 190 ⓘ
jerseyNumber 9 ⓘ
nationalTeam South Africa national rugby union team ⓘ
placeOfBirth Pretoria, South Africa ⓘ
surface form: Pretoria
placeOfDeath Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ
surface form: Johannesburg
playedAgainst Australia national rugby union team ⓘ
England national rugby union team ⓘ
New Zealand national rugby union team ⓘ
playedWith Andre Joubert ⓘ
Chester Williams ⓘ
Francois Pienaar ⓘ
Jonah Lomu ⓘ
positionPlayed scrum-half ⓘ
representedCountryAtTournament South Africa ⓘ
sport rugby union ⓘ
teamNickName South Africa national rugby union team ⓘ
surface form: Springboks
tournament 1995 Rugby World Cup ⓘ
triesForNationalTeam 38 ⓘ
weight 89 kg ⓘ
worldCupWinner 1995 Rugby World Cup ⓘ
yearOfDiagnosis 2011 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

South Africa national rugby union team → notablePlayer → Joost van der Westhuizen ⓘ
Kitch Christie → notablePlayerCoached → Joost van der Westhuizen ⓘ
Joost van der Westhuizen → fullName → Joost van der Westhuizen self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Joost Heystek van der Westhuizen
Joost van der Westhuizen → familyName → Joost van der Westhuizen self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: van der Westhuizen