![Springboks legend: Joost van der Westhuizen.](/web/20170222122651im_/http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/content/dam/images/g/u/6/z/d/r/image.related.wideLandscape.460x259.gu6vyd.png/1486449064412.jpg)
The Springbok warrior who kept on fighting in the hardest of battles
Joost van der Westhuizen was a man of South Africa. There was never to be any mistaking that. The defiance. The physical rigour. The deep-set eyes. The look. He was not going to be easily subdued.