Joost van der Westhuizen (20 February 1971 – 6 February 2017) was a South African former rugby union player who played as a scrum-half for the national team. He represented South Africa in 89 test matches, scoring 38 tries, and was a member of the victorious South African rugby team at the 1995 World Cup. He was inducted into the International Rugby Hall of Fame in 2007, and became a member of the World Rugby Hall of Fame when the International Hall was merged with the IRB Hall of Fame in 2014.

School Hoërskool F.H. Odendaal University University of Pretoria Occupation(s) Businessman