Obituary: Joost van der Westhuizen

Joost van der Westhuizen, who died last Monday aged 45 after a six-year battle with motor neurone disease, was regarded as the best scrum-half of the modern era and one of the greatest Springbok rugby players of all time. He played a key role in South Africa's historic World Cup-winning team of 1995, later celebrated in the film Invictus, and captained his country when it reached the semi-final of the 1999 tournament.