Joost feeling better

Joost feeling better

23 Jun 2006

Former Springbok captain Joost van der Westhuizen speaks to keo.co.za from his hospital bed.

Van der Westhuizen was playing in a Legends match for the South Africa against Australia on Tuesday when he took a heavy knock on the head while attempting a tackle.

“Apart from my knee injuries this is without a doubt the worst rugby injury of my career,” van der Westhuizen told keo.co.za from the hospital.

“I hit the guy from the front, straight on and got a knee on my head,” he said, clearly still a little shaken from the event. “I felt it immediately, but it was only the next day that I woke up and felt nauseous and had a migraine.”

Van der Westhuizen is currently still in hospital, where doctors are monitoring hs progress closely. “I’m actually waiting for the doctor as we speak. But I’m feeling much better. They said I would probably have to stay in for four days, but I think I might be out this afternoon.”

Apart from swelling on the brain caused by the severe knock, the former Blue Bulls stalwart also damaged discs in his neck.

By Andrew Hollely


122 Comments

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  • 101.cab: Reply to this comment
    23 Jun 2006, 16:06 pm

    ha ha gecko, he was the worst, always involved in something.

  • 102.gecko: Reply to this comment
    23 Jun 2006, 16:07 pm

    i just had a faint glimmer – didn’t hattingh kick some bloke while playing for the junior boks – in a white shirts?

  • 103.tokolosi: Reply to this comment
    23 Jun 2006, 16:12 pm

    team lists???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

  • 104.Stan: Reply to this comment
    23 Jun 2006, 16:16 pm

    Cane,
    I thought you have taken you handbag and coat?

  • 105.Stan: Reply to this comment
    23 Jun 2006, 16:19 pm

    gecko,
    The you should the Bill Mclaren and the WC history as well. Very, very good.

    and that will teach him to keep his head inside the scrum when drikus is around.
    Uli was a mean ******* but not a coward.
    They all played dirty in those days. Tobie oosthuizen, Adri, Kevin de Klerk and the likes.

  • 106.gecko: Reply to this comment
    23 Jun 2006, 16:24 pm

    Stan – ek het ‘n helse versamel boeke, videos en dvd – versprei tussen SA en UK. Sal seker eendag van die goed ontslae moet raak – neem nou te veel plek op.

    Ook ‘n helse program versameling – begin in ’50s – dalk moet ek ‘n stalletjie begin.

  • 107.Stan: Reply to this comment
    23 Jun 2006, 16:28 pm

    Die beste SA video wat ek gesien het( en verloor het nadat ek die ding vir n ****** Kiwi geleen het) is Springboksage, Die Moderne are.

  • 108.gecko: Reply to this comment
    23 Jun 2006, 16:28 pm

    stan – kry jou ‘n nuwe een op ebay

  • 109.Ig: Reply to this comment
    23 Jun 2006, 16:34 pm

    I watched the History of the AB’s v Bokke – the other day include 65 78 and 81 series….

    The old stuff was classic – half of them would be yellow carded by today standards….

  • 110.Stan: Reply to this comment
    23 Jun 2006, 16:39 pm

    ek wil eerder vir die ****** skaapsteker n stel nuwe valstande kry….

  • 111.Stan: Reply to this comment
    23 Jun 2006, 16:42 pm

    Ek het ook al duur lesse geleer met DVD’s, CD’s en harde band boeke.
    Leen se gat. Gaan koop joue eie.

  • 112.gecko: Reply to this comment
    23 Jun 2006, 16:45 pm

    stan – check out rugbyrelics.com

  • 113.Stan: Reply to this comment
    23 Jun 2006, 16:50 pm

    wat gaan ek daar kry?
    Andre Snyman, Percy en breyten?

  • 114.gecko: Reply to this comment
    23 Jun 2006, 16:51 pm

    kyk self

  • 115.cab: Reply to this comment
    23 Jun 2006, 17:21 pm

    lol Stan, nee Anton Leonard (he was good tho).

    Ig, think i saw that, must look out for it, might have been greatest tries.

  • 116.Ig: Reply to this comment
    23 Jun 2006, 17:29 pm

    cab – i found one place selling the dvd in NZ and thats about it, there is a link to it somewhere – have no idea which thread it was on

  • 117.cab: Reply to this comment
    23 Jun 2006, 17:33 pm

    oh yes, remeber you saying now, will have a look.

  • 118.sjb: Reply to this comment
    24 Jun 2006, 01:00 am

    Stan, if you watched the 74 Lions game then you must be in your 50′s. Now, for a guy that ripe age you are pretty much of an *******. Grow up.

  • 119.ricane: Reply to this comment
    24 Jun 2006, 03:07 am

    THat ’81 springbok tour was the closest thing NZ has seen to a civil war (excluding the Maori Wars)
    It was amazing the division in schools, families and clubs and it got so serious.
    My earliest Test memory was the Flourbombs at Eden Park…it seemed funny to a kid

  • 120.Viper6: Reply to this comment
    24 Jun 2006, 09:03 am

    Leave Joost alone you ***** he is a legend.

  • 121.Stan: Reply to this comment
    24 Jun 2006, 10:07 am

    sjb,
    en as na videomateriaal van John Gainsford en Danie Craven kyk moet ek seker in my 90′s wees.
    Word wakker broodkop.

  • 122.Sandino: Reply to this comment
    24 Jun 2006, 14:05 pm

    Joos is `n doos. God, imagine he doesn`t get better, then his poor child will have 2 retarded parents….

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