Tributes flow in for Tinus Linee

Cape Town - Past and present sports stars have taken to Twitter to pay tribute to former Springbok and Western Province centre, Tinus Linee, who passed away on Monday morning.

GALLERY: RIP TINUS LINEE

Linee, 45, was suffering from Motor Neuron Disease (MND), after being diagnosed with the disease in April 2013.

It is the same disease former Springbok scrumhalf Joost van der Westhuizen suffers from.

The former WP centre played nine tour games for the Springboks between 1993 and 1994 but was never capped in a Test.

Van der Westhuizen, and several other South African sports personalities, paid tribute to Linee on Monday:

Sad day for Rugby in SA. Just received news of the passing of a rugby legend and MND Warrior Tinus Linee RIP my friend #J9Foundation

— Joostvdwesthuizen (@9Joost) November 3, 2014

Very sad to hear Tinus Linee passed away this morning from MND. Rest in peace my friend my thoughts and prayers go out to your family.

— CorneKrige (@CorneKrige6) November 3, 2014

Prayers and thoughts to The Linee family,thanks for your time you spent with us,bulldog on the field,a softy of it,I salute you#RIPTienie

— Breyton Paulse (@BreytonPaulse) November 3, 2014

Very sad to hear about Tinus Linee's passing .. brave man ! Brought something v special to the teams he played for

— Jonathan Kaplan (@RefJK) November 3, 2014

RIP Tinus Linee...#helluvacentre

— Pat Symcox (@PatSymcox77) November 3, 2014

Sad to hear about the passing of Tinus Linee. #RiP #rugbylegend @BryanHabana @BreytonPaulse @Francoishougi #ssrugby pic.twitter.com/IjI7rSiyrE

— Ashwin Willemse (@Ashwinwillemse) November 3, 2014

Friends, fans and family ofTinus Lineeare invited to share their memories and tributes, and to light a candle for her, on her profile at Remembered.co.za.