# Joost van der Westhuizen

> Joost van der Westhuizen 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. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest scrumhalves in the history of this sport.

*South African rugby union footballer (1971–2017)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/joost-van-der-westhuizen

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Football / Soccer Player ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857))
- **Category:** Footballers
- **Country:** South Africa
- **Born:** 1971-02-20
- **Died:** 2017-02-06
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 55.8 / 100
- **Momentum:** 25.0 / 100  (trend: BREAKOUT)
- **Historical depth:** 14.0 / 100
- **Now attention:** 100.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 65.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 75.0 / 100
- **Country rank:** #152

## Platforms
- **WEBSITE**: http://joost.co.za/

## Sources
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- [Joost van der Westhuizen](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joost_van_der_Westhuizen)
- [Joost van der Westhuizen](https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joost_van_der_Westhuizen)
- [Joost van der Westhuizen](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joost_van_der_Westhuizen)
- [ユースト・ファン・デル・ヴェストハイゼン](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A6%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%87%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A7%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88%E3%83%8F%E3%82%A4%E3%82%BC%E3%83%B3)
- [Joost van der Westhuizen](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joost_van_der_Westhuizen)
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- [Joost van der Westhuizen](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joost_van_der_Westhuizen)
- [Ван дер Вестхёйзен, Йост](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%80_%D0%92%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D1%85%D1%91%D0%B9%D0%B7%D0%B5%D0%BD%2C_%D0%99%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q971915)

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