RUGBY PLAYER

Joost van der Westhuizen

1971 - 2017

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Joost van der Westhuizen (20 February 1971 – 6 February 2017) was a South African professional rugby union player who made 89 appearances in test matches for the national team, scoring 38 tries. He mostly played as a scrum-half and participated in three Rugby World Cups, most notably in the 1995 tournament, which was won by South Africa. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joost van der Westhuizen has received more than 1,198,693 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Joost van der Westhuizen is the 10th most popular rugby player (up from 12th in 2019), the 254th most popular biography from South Africa (up from 256th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular South African Rugby Player.

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Among RUGBY PLAYERS

Among rugby players, Joost van der Westhuizen ranks 10 out of 35. Before him are Sébastien Chabal, André Rischmann, Léon Binoche, Jonny Wilkinson, Richie McCaw, and Dan Carter. After him are Percy Montgomery, Bryan Habana, Sergio Parisse, Jonathan Sexton, Sonny Bill Williams, and Beauden Barrett.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1971, Joost van der Westhuizen ranks 547. Before him are Kim Young-ho, Theuns Jordaan, Adriana Lessa, Victoria Hamilton, Luan Krasniqi, and Artūras Karnišovas. After him are Rachel Luttrell, Bas van de Goor, Niki Karimi, Fernando Meligeni, Jiří Šlégr, and Martin Atkinson. Among people deceased in 2017, Joost van der Westhuizen ranks 621. Before him are Denis Voronenkov, Kishori Amonkar, Fredy Schmidtke, Robert Osborne, Scott Putesky, and Tim Parnell. After him are Marek Ostrowski, Shyama, Ayan Sadakov, Edith Windsor, William Steinkraus, and Rosemary Leach.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Joost van der Westhuizen ranks 254 out of 454. Before him are Wayne Ferreira (1971), Theo de Raadt (1968), Moira Lister (1923), Lillian Ngoyi (1911), Amanda Coetzer (1971), and Theuns Jordaan (1971). After him are Zola Budd (1966), Stanley Skewes (1899), Trevor Noah (1984), Zanele Muholi (1972), Caster Semenya (1991), and Quinton Fortune (1977).

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Among RUGBY PLAYERS In South Africa

Among rugby players born in South Africa, Joost van der Westhuizen ranks 2. Before him are Francois Pienaar (1967). After him are Bryan Habana (1983), Eben Etzebeth (1991), Cheslin Kolbe (1993), Siya Kolisi (1991), Schalk Burger (1983), Selvyn Davids (1994), Justin Geduld (1993), Chris Dry (1988), Angelo Davids (1999), and Philip Snyman (1987).

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