walshie 2,804 Posted February 6, 2017 Report Share Posted February 6, 2017 South Africa scrum half Joost van der Westhuizen has died aged 45. That's no age. R.I.P. http://news.sky.com/story/joost-van-der-westhuizen-former-south-africa-rugby-union-captain-dies-10758647 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ChrisJones 7,975 Posted February 6, 2017 Report Share Posted February 6, 2017 Truly one of the greats. It's a sad day. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ginger beard 4,652 Posted February 6, 2017 Report Share Posted February 6, 2017 is everybody remotely famous going to get ther own thread when they die.waiting for the false grief now. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
walshie 2,804 Posted February 6, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2017 is everybody remotely famous going to get ther own thread when they die.waiting for the false grief now. Got nothing good to say, say nothing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ChrisJones 7,975 Posted February 6, 2017 Report Share Posted February 6, 2017 (edited) is everybody remotely famous going to get ther own thread when they die.waiting for the false grief now. Not a rugby fan, then?! Edited February 6, 2017 by ChrisJones Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bracken boy 584 Posted February 6, 2017 Report Share Posted February 6, 2017 Some people just have no class, r.i.p. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
socks 32,253 Posted February 6, 2017 Report Share Posted February 6, 2017 A great player and ambassador for the sport ...... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lanesra 3,994 Posted February 6, 2017 Report Share Posted February 6, 2017 Just shows be careful what you wish for at times & be happy with what you've got , a young (45 is young especially when your 49 ) fit sports man who on his day was World Class dies & you see all sorts living till a grand age just the luck of the draw . Rip Joost . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ginger beard 4,652 Posted February 6, 2017 Report Share Posted February 6, 2017 is everybody remotely famous going to get ther own thread when they die.waiting for the false grief now. Not a rugby fan, then?! yeah i play for my town (2nd row) but he's not even as famous as a celebrity from big brother.to me grief is personal and yet everybody tries to jump on the bandwagon for somebody that they've never met.sometimes it seems like a competition to see who can greve the most. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dave88 1,565 Posted February 6, 2017 Report Share Posted February 6, 2017 (edited) is everybody remotely famous going to get ther own thread when they die.waiting for the false grief now. Not a rugby fan, then?! yeah i play for my town (2nd row) but he's not even as famous as a celebrity from big brother.to me grief is personal and yet everybody tries to jump on the bandwagon for somebody that they've never met.sometimes it seems like a competition to see who can greve the most. People grieve celebrities for different reasons...maybe they lost someone close to a similar illness...or maybe it's just out of respect for the dead. Who are you to belittle people just cos they don't share your views on the subject...RIP Edited February 6, 2017 by daveee88 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ChrisJones 7,975 Posted February 6, 2017 Report Share Posted February 6, 2017 (edited) yeah i play for my town (2nd row) but he's not even as famous as a celebrity from big brother.to me grief is personal and yet everybody tries to jump on the bandwagon for somebody that they've never met.sometimes it seems like a competition to see who can greve the most. We'll have to agree to disagree on that one. Nothing wrong with paying your respects to arguably one of the world's greatest scrum halves. It's not about grief it's about recognising talent. Especially since neither you, nor I, were fit to lace his boots in the big world of rugby. Edited February 6, 2017 by ChrisJones 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
walshie 2,804 Posted February 6, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2017 is everybody remotely famous going to get ther own thread when they die.waiting for the false grief now. Not a rugby fan, then?! yeah i play for my town (2nd row) but he's not even as famous as a celebrity from big brother.to me grief is personal and yet everybody tries to jump on the bandwagon for somebody that they've never met.sometimes it seems like a competition to see who can greve the most. World Cup winning Springbok not famous? Maybe you prefer big brother. I prefer rugby. Who said anything about grieving except you? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ginger beard 4,652 Posted February 6, 2017 Report Share Posted February 6, 2017 is everybody remotely famous going to get ther own thread when they die.waiting for the false grief now. Not a rugby fan, then?! yeah i play for my town (2nd row) but he's not even as famous as a celebrity from big brother.to me grief is personal and yet everybody tries to jump on the bandwagon for somebody that they've never met.sometimes it seems like a competition to see who can greve the most. World Cup winning Springbok not famous? Maybe you prefer big brother. I prefer rugby. Who said anything about grieving except you? point taken men and i'll recognise his talent and thanks for teaching me to spell grieving but if you want to spell griev it don't look right. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wullz 408 Posted February 6, 2017 Report Share Posted February 6, 2017 Watched him play many times, including the lions tests in 97. A true gentleman and very down to earth......whenever someone mentioned his tackling of Jonah, he always answered, yeah, but did you see me buy Lawson's dummy? No way for a sportsman to go, last time I saw him on the pitch wearing that exo-skeleton thing, brought a tear to my eye....some guts.... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dave88 1,565 Posted February 6, 2017 Report Share Posted February 6, 2017 is everybody remotely famous going to get ther own thread when they die.waiting for the false grief now. Not a rugby fan, then?! yeah i play for my town (2nd row) but he's not even as famous as a celebrity from big brother.to me grief is personal and yet everybody tries to jump on the bandwagon for somebody that they've never met.sometimes it seems like a competition to see who can greve the most. World Cup winning Springbok not famous? Maybe you prefer big brother. I prefer rugby. Who said anything about grieving except you? point taken men and i'll recognise his talent and thanks for teaching me to spell grieving but if you want to spell griev it don't look right. Grieve...has an e at the end 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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