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Prior to the kick off to the South Africa v All Blacks Test Match Joost van der Westhuizen was given a Lap of Honour in the back of a car to a standing ovation shots of the crowd showed a lot of emotion and I didnt understand why. A bit of google/wikipedia research showed that;
Joost van der Westhuizen has been diagnosed with a Motor Neurone Disease ALS which is also known as Lou Gehrig's Disease. He has been given 2-5 years to live.
Its sad that such a great player of our game has been cut down with such a debilitating illness.
For those that are interested there is a Facebook supporters page for him. It can be found here.