Joost on oxygen....

....spare a thought for a hero.

A great shame to see him gradually deteriorate. I wish him and his family all the best.

Joost is not on oxygen. Check his Twitter feed @9joost.

Ceradyne, sounds like there are some fake news stories out about this as I read that he was on oxygen. Here's one article.

I have seen the articles and between the media and Joost himself, I know who I would believe. This is his response on his Twitter feed: "Thank you everyone for caring. I just want to make something clear. I'm NOT placed on oxygen. I'm fine and still going strong!!! " Check it out for yourself. The Twitter name that I gave you is Joost's real Twitter name. Has been for ages.

Apologies for passing this along.

I was not clear in my post, I was saying the news articles are fake. Sad state of affairs we have with fake news these days. Anyway this is secondary, I'm glad he's not on oxygen and is on good spirits. Good news indeed. Mozart, there is so much fake news out their anyone of us could have been mislead.
Hi Cloudy.

 @JW. Point taken. No prob. Agree about fake news. 
@Moz. Many have been caught out by the articles. Fact that it was reported on various sites made it appear to be true.  

 Goddame fake news is more than just annoying ,its a nasty dangerous weapon .Glad Joost is OK though the rugby world and especially the SA part of it needs their heroes ,

 Regardless of the latest fake news, his time is short. He's my age and a shadow of his former self. Life can be terribly difficult sometimes.  I feel for his kids.

 I see Joost is still battling along and good on him hope he hangs in there for a bit. .Poor wee boks may need life support though .