#1. Joost van der Westhuizen (South Africa)
- Major teams Blue Bulls, Bulls, South Africa
- Position Scrum-half
- All Tests: 89
Regarded as one of the greatest scrum-halves the game has ever seen, Van der Westhuizen was capped a total of 89 times during a 10-year international career and was a key member of the Springboks side that lifted the 1995 Rugby World Cup.
Weir said: “From a rival who almost single-handedly ended my career as an international number 8, to a standard-bearer in the fight against Motor Neurone Disease, and, eventually, a victim of this cruel disease. He was unstoppable on his day.”