Joost's back... or is he?
Sport24's Rob Houwing reports as former Springbok scrum-half Joost van der Westhuizen makes a TV comeback following a much-publicised sex-tap scandal.
"The former Springbok scrum-half and (mostly Afrikaans-language) television rugby commentator and pundit got the boot from the Randburg-based organisation in 2009 after being at the centre of a “sex tape” scandal. He had been a long-time studio sidekick on the SuperRugby chat show to anchor Kobus Wiese, a colleague in the 1995 World Cup-winning Bok team.
"While not everyone’s cup of tea, he could be belligerently opinionated and was certainly capable of sharp analytical observations, especially in his mother tongue. But then his budding electronic media career went rather pear-shaped, for reasons mentioned above.
"Now, though, the 40-year-old is earmarked for a return to live activity in front of the cameras, albeit in a slightly different guise: he has been invited to be a key guest on the Matthew Pearce-anchored “Road to New Zealand” programme, part of the long-range build-up to the 2011 World Cup."
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