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The new Toyota Hilux Legend 55 and World Cup-winning Springbok Schalk Burger could have been manufactured in the same factory’s such are their similarities in status...
While Munster and Ulster made headlines abroad, it was the DHL Stormers who once again flew the flag proudly for South African rugby in Europe. John...
The teams for this weekend’s Round 4 fixtures of the Vodacom URC have been named with all details of match officials and broadcast information below. TEAM...
The Sharks winger Ethan Hooker is STECO’s Man of the Moment, according to Keo & Zels. Each week Keo & Zels, on their Rugby Podcast, collaborate...
There is no greater rivalry in rugby than the All Blacks and Springboks, and it does not get bigger than the men in black touring South...
Some stories deserve to be told in sepia, not pixels. In a world addicted to filters and fleeting feeds, Castle Lager’s new “Heritage of Craft” campaign...
The Bulls will get better on tour and the Stormers have the best chance in five seasons to go five from five in the opening month...
AfricaPicks will partner with Keo.co.za to bring data to life in the rugby landscape. The two platforms will combine in their coverage of all the major...
The new Toyota Hilux Legend 55 and World Cup-winning Springbok Danie Rossouw are a match made in heaven, writes Mark Keohane. The Keo & Zels Show...
It’s official: The champion Springboks dominate the Keo & Zels best XV for the 2025 Castle Lager Rugby Championship campaign. The selection criteria was simple. Players...
It is the URC latest – the best after two rounds of the Vodacom United Rugby Championship. And, heading into Round 3, it is the Saffas,...
Rassie Erasmus’s rampant Springboks set the standard in Test rugby in 2025, but nothing will ever compare to the dominance of the All Blacks between 2009...
Wandisile Simelane’s stunning second half try for the Stormers against the Ospreys is what Keo & Zels chose as their STECO PowerPlay of URC Round 2....
John Philip Botha is as close as one can get to the Toyota Hilux Legend 55, writes Mark Keohane. The Hilux Legend 55 is sold as...
The young guns hogged the pre-match headlines but when it came to biggest moments, in the gutters of the Allianz Stadium at Twickenham, it was the...
Springboks coach Rassie Erasmus has backed the young Bok guns to do the business at Twickenham agains the Pumas. It is not so much discarding the...
Test Rugby’s 2 Perfect 10s have produced the Perfect 10s in performance, 20 years apart. There is so much in the numbers when celebrating the All...
John Dobson’s Stormers made history against title holders Leinster, the Bulls clocked half a century and elsewhere it was all-action as the 2025/26 Vodacom United Rugby...
Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu is South Africa’s new sound at 10, writes Mark Keohane This is the feature article I wrote for SA Rugby Magazine’s digital and print...
Sacha FM can become rugby royalty. I’ve watched and reported on the careers of every Test flyhalf since the Springboks returned to international rugby in 1992, and...
Boks coach Rassie Erasmus has been bold in his team selections for the Castle Rugby Championship showdown against Argentina. Now those Next Gen Boks must deliver...
Los Pumas are a different beast since Felipe Contepomi has taken charge as head coach. Mark Keohane unpacks the potency of the Argentenians and highlights the...
The way we capture moments may have changed, but the way we make them hasn’t. Friends, fire, good sport and good beer will always get the...
The All Blacks took a beating against the Springboks in Wellington, but history a reminder that the occasional rugby beating does not make for the death...
First the Castle Lager Rugby Championship and the pumping of the old foe the All Blacks. Now the biggest club competition for South African teams in the Vodacom Rugby...
Europe’s mighty sportswear giants Macron are the Vodacom United Rugby Championship’s kit partner for the match officials for the 2025/26 season. Macron, partners of the Keo...
Damian Willemse and Jasper Wiese were scored the perfect 10s, 10/10 for their performances in the Boks record-breaking 43-10 Castle Rugby Championship win against the All...
Bok Befok: Yes please. Rassie’s rampant history makers destroyed the All Blacks in Wellington, New Zealand, scoring 36 unanswered second half points in a record-breaking 43-10...
Why Keo says the Boks will win, but Zels is not convinced. He has another All Blacks victory, having called the hosts by four points at...
Malcolm Marx got to shake the hand of the young South African Kiwi he helped inspire in his recovery from cancer at the Springboks Captain’s Run at...
Bigger than a result on Saturday in Wellington will be the electricity at who has been picked at 10, 12 and 13 for the Springboks, writes...
Simplicity is the solution for the Springboks if they are to beat the All Blacks in Wellington and keep alive their Castle Rugby Championship defence, writes...
The Boks statistics from their 24-17 defeat against the All Blacks at Eden Park make for shocking reading, writes Mark Keohane. The Boks made 12 entries...
To quote a mate, by the time we remembered to be Boks again, it was too late. I hope the lesson has been learned, writes Mark Keohane....
Rassie Erasmus has dismantled the Bok Bomb Squad for Eden Park’s Castle Lager Rugby Championship showdown against the All Blacks. It is a shock, writes Mark...
There have only been four Test wins for the Springboks against the All Blacks in New Zealand since the game turned professional in 1996. Mark Keohane rates...
An emotionally charged Mark Alexander paid tribute to the history of the SARU legends denied an opportunity to showcase their skills to a global audience at...
South African Rugby President Mark Alexander wants the Māori All Blacks in South Africa in 2026, to finally apologise to those Maori players denied an...
Rassie Erasmus’s biggest Boks challenge is not the All Blacks at Eden Park on Saturday, 6th September. It is whether to cull or curate and what...
Rassie’s Boks will not win the 2027 World Cup if Jacques Nienaber is not part of the management, writes Mark Keohane. Nienaber is what is missing...
The Stormers and adidas turned back the clock to step into the future as rugby mates once again in a partnership and identity relaunch that spoke...
In what many fans anticipated, the Stormers officially announced the return of Adidas as their kit sponsor during a high-profile launch event on Tuesday. The home...
EPCR has confirmed that Amsterdam will once again host the Toyota Cheetahs for the upcoming pool stage of 2025/26 EPCR Challenge Cup. Invited to take part...
The Castle Lager Rugby Championship threw down a pair of corkers this past weekend—completely rewriting the race for the trophy. Here’s your weekend wrap: Boks Bounce...
The Springboks won by eight points, but they could easily have lost by eight points. Relief is the emotion of the Springboks in Cape Town, having...
Expect the Boks to beat Australia in Cape Town on Saturday, but don’t expect it to be a beating. The norm between these two teams in...
The wait is over. This weekend, the Springbok Women take the field at the Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025 in England, and South Africa is being called to...
Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus named a team featuring 10 changes to the starting XV for their second Castle Lager Rugby Championship match against Australia in Cape...
Siya Kolisi is the inspiration the Women’s Springboks will take into Sunday’s World Cup opener against Brazil in England. The back-to-back World Cup-winning captain is a...
Eloise Webb has 10 reasons why the Springboks women can break into the world’s top eight at the World Cup, which starts for South Africa with...
The Rugby Championship burst to life with two blockbuster results this past weekend—and boy, did it deliver. Here’s your weekend wrap: First up: Springboks flatline in...
Congratulations Australia. This was a remarkable victory. History on Saturday night belonged to the Wallabies. To score 38 unanswered points against the Boks at Ellis Park...
The Boks are No 1 in the world for a reason. They are back to back World Cup winners for a reason. They are the Rugby...
The Springboks Test Centurions are an elite and exclusive club. This week they were united again, from the pioneer Percy Montgomery to the newest addition Willie...
The Springboks begin their defence of the Rugby Championship at Ellis Park on Saturday, aiming for back-to-back titles for the first time, with the tournament’s future...
The Stormers of 2025 have landed with emotion, power, authority, innovation and authenticity, writes Mark Keohane. They symbolise something very special in the world of rugby. It...
Rassie Erasmus’s Springboks will aim for a fifth successive win against the Wallabies on Saturday – and in each of the previous four wins, he has...
Rassie Erasmus has named a Springbok match-day squad loaded with Rugby World Cup pedigree for Saturday’s Castle Lager Rugby Championship opener against the Wallabies at Ellis...
My Springboks No 23 jersey has come home. Where it went in the last five years, I don’t know. I am just thankful it is home...
Veteran scrum-half Nic White’s retirement lasted barely a week after he was named Thursday in an injury-depleted Wallabies squad for two Rugby Championship Tests against world-champion...
Western Province and the Sharks are staring down the barrel heading into round three of the Currie Cup. Winless after two games, both unions are propping...
As the dust settles on the global mid-year test window, rugby fans now shift their focus to the 2025 edition of the Rugby Championship, and former...
Paarl Boys’ High celebrated a famous victory against Paarl Gimnasium while there were also notable wins for Oakdale Landbou, Queen’s College, DHS, Affies and Jeppe on...
There’s no rugby match in South Africa this weekend bigger than Paarl Gim vs Paarl Boys’ High. It’s not a fixture – it’s identity. It’s family....
They are the lost matric generation: The Covid Kids. The ones who in 2020 missed out on the biggest rugby match of their schooling: Paarl Boys...
While Zels and me were agreeing/disagreeing on the starting Springboks XV for the Rugby Championship opener against the Wallabies, rugby Podcasters across the globe were divided...
Castle Lager are always there for South Africa’s most famous rugby moments and now they even have a day called ‘Friendship Day’. So on this rugby...
With just a single round-robin before the semi-finals, momentum is everything in the shortened 2025 Currie Cup. The Lions and Vodacom Bulls wasted no time asserting...
Sanlam Boland were brave, bold and beautiful in beating the Toyota Cheetahs in Wellington on Sunday in the Carling Black Label Currie Cup, writes Mark Keohane....
An explosive start to the 2025 Carling Currie Cup Premier Division awaits this weekend, with a thrilling student-versus-master showdown headlining Sunday’s action as Hawies Fourie’s newly...
Rassie Erasmus has picked a potent Bok squad to defend the Rugby Championship title won a year ago, when the Boks lost just one in six...
There are many rugby podcasts across the globe, but we, based at the foot of that big rock in Cape Town, have a particular fondness for...
The Junior Boks’ U20 World Championship victory has been hailed as a turning point for South African rugby, proving that a long-term overhaul of junior structures...
Rassie Erasmus played four very different starting XVs in July, but individually the biggest Springboks winners were Canan Moodie and Grant Williams, writes Mark Keohane. Moodie...
A powerful Springbok performance in Mbombela led the way on a weekend that saw the Junior Boks lift the U20 world title! Here’s your weekend wrap:...
The Springboks headline a thrilling weekend of Test rugby as they head to Mbombela to face Georgia, while the All Blacks and France clash in Hamilton,...
In the world of global rugby podcasts, Rassie Erasmus and the Springboks live rent-free in the New Zealand landscape, while in South Africa, Keo & Zels...
To quote so many of you Springboks supporters on social media, if Salmaan Moerat is so KAK to be the captain of the Springboks then the...
EPCR has confirmed the pool stage fixture list for the 2025/26 Investec Champions Cup and EPCR Challenge Cup, club rugby’s premier international competitions. Full schedule of...
Rassie Erasmus’ Springboks turned up the heat to shut out Italy and set the tone for a weekend of Test drama across the globe. Here’s your...
Zels and I love the STECO Play of the Week. Because we always disagree. But we always find common ground on excellence, the moment and just...
This was proper from the Boks. They were brutal, brilliant and belligerent in blanking Italy to secure a two-nil series win in South Africa, writes Mark...
The Springboks have overhauled and reshuffled theirs squad of 23 for Saturday’s second Test against Italy in Gqeberha, with Rassie Erasmus demanding a sharper, more disciplined...
South African rugby fans have sent a clear signal this season: the Vodacom United Rugby Championship (URC) has become essential weekend viewing. The 2024/2025 season saw...
Our top rugby podcast picks from around the world this week! Rivals The Rugby Pod The Good, the bad & the Rugby Boks Unpacked x The...
Rassie Erasmus delivered on his promise, which was a match 23 picked before the first Test against Italy. Plenty of changes, but the player with the...
The joys of Test rugby were on full show for this weekend’s STECO Plays of the Week. There were plenty nominations and Keo & Zels were...
The Springboks beat Italy 42–24 at Loftus, but it was far from convincing. A dominant first half gave way to a disjointed second, as the world...
Kurt-Lee Arendse was the best of the Springboks in Pretoria against Italy, writes Mark Keohane. I thought Arendse was industrious, electric and defensively dynamite in all...
Jake White has been sacked as director of rugby at the Vodacom Bulls following a breakdown in his relationship with senior players. As painful as it...
After a hit out against the Barbarians in Cape Town, Rassie’s Springboks open their 2025 Test campaign against Italy at Loftus! Here’s your weekend Preview: Springboks...
Pick the Team That’s Not Playing – And You’ll See Why This Is the Greatest Springboks squad in our rugby history, writes Mark Keohane. Rassie Erasmus...
Finally, the boys from New Zealand’s Sky Sports The Breakdown had to concede that there is more to Rassie Erasmus’s world champion Springboks than brute force....
The Springboks were ruthless at times in starting the international season with a bang against a Barbarians outfit that simply did not fire a shot. Debutant...
Cheslin Kolbe came home to Cape Town to remind all of South Africa he is the best rugby player currently on the planet. What a treat...
After a great 2024 Test Season, the World-Champion Springboks open the 2025 season with a historic first ever clash against the Barbarians in South Africa. Here’s...
Robbie Wessels and Francois van Coke have smashed it out the park with their 2025 collaboration track and music video, Bok Befok. It is 2025’s ode...
Irish centurion Peter O’Mahony will captain the Barbarians in his final professional appearance when the legendary invitational side take on the Springboks this Saturday at DHL...
It is 25 years since the Springboks beat the famed Barbarians in Cardiff. Springboks icons Joost van der Westhuizen and Chester Williams were integral to the...
Predict the exact score between the Springboks and Barbarians at DHL Stadium and you could WIN an official Barbarians jersey — thanks to our friends at...
Rassie Erasmus, as he did in his first year in charge of the Springboks in 2018, continues to transform the national squad in way that speaks...
Mark Keohane, who was in the press box at Ellis Park when the Springboks the All Blacks in the 1995 World Cup final, revisits that famous...
Mark Keohane reported on the 1995 World Cup final and this is how he experienced that week that culminated in the Springboks beating the All Blacks...
The power of Rassie Erasmus & his world champions Springboks is in nearly 50 000 tickets sold for Saturday’s match against the famed Barbarians – and...
Springbok rugby’s most celebrated Barbarians are the sport’s first Test Springbok Centurion Percy Montgomery, prop Adrian Garvey and loose-forward Bob Skinstad, writes Mark Keohane. How appropriate that...
Castle Lager have been big and bold in their investment with the fans of the world champion Springboks. They are bringing back the popular BokTown in...
Former Springboks coach Nick Mallett’s most famous Barbarians victories are wins against the Springboks and All Blacks, both at Twickenham, writes Mark Keohane. Mallett, at the...
Rassie Erasmus talks Springboks & the road to 2027 World Cup as his squad prepares for the first challenge of 2025 in the Barbarians FC in...
The British & Irish Lions slipped against the Pumas on Friday in Dublin, while the Crusaders rose on Saturday to claim a 13th Super Rugby Pacific...
The champion Crusaders played the game in the right areas, retained ruck possession for a 99 percent return, and produced a Finals’ performance as physically bruising...
The Pumas created history with a first win against the British & Irish Lions in Dublin. What a start to the tour of Australia for the pride...
The much-anticipated 2025 British & Irish Lions Tour gets underway when the British & Irish Lions take on Los Pumas at the Aviva Stadium on Friday!...
Rassie Erasmus must lead the Springboks until 2035. He should be reappointed as Springboks coach for the next decade, which includes the 2035 Rugby World Cup,...
The Cheetahs will play in the EPCR Challenge Cup, alongside South Africa's Lions. The EPCR & Investec Champions Cup 2025/26 season draw takes place on 1st...
As part of the celebrations marking the 30th season of the Investec Champions Cup, EPCR invited supporters to vote for their ultimate Investec Champions Cup and...
Italian sports brand giants Macron have partnered with Keo & Zels and Keo.co.za as it continues its expansion into the South African rugby landscape. The partnership, confirmed in...
Damian McKenzie’s super tackle is the STECO Rugby Play of the Week. Keo & Zels were unanimous that his try-saver on Brumbies fullback Tom Wright was...
South Africans were big winners in the final of the URC in Dublin and the final of the Premiership at Twickenham. Leinster’s Springboks lock RG Snyman...
Jake White’s time is up at the Bulls after the 32-7 beating against Leinster at Croke Park in Dublin to determine the winner of the Vodacom...
South Africa’s Johann van Graan is a treble winner with Bath. The Bath coach and former Bulls and Springboks assistant coach’s team, edged Springbok Handre Pollard’s Leicester...
Clinical Crusaders are into the Super Rugby Pacific final after a pulsating 21-14 win against dethroned champions, the Blues. They will play the Chiefs in the...
URC history makers Leinster or the Bulls will win a first URC title. The two teams meet at Croke Park in Dublin on Saturday. Here’s your Weekend...
URC GRAND FINAL 2025. 1st time finalists Leinster against 3rd time finalists the Bulls. One will become a first time winner at Croke Park in Dublin on...
The URC Final is a Springboks audition for Embrose Papier when the Vodacom Bulls play hosts Leinster at Croke Park in Dublin on Saturday. Papier, who...
Big Bull Wilco Louw is the STECO’s Play of the Week winner on the Keo & Zels show. Keo & Zels, in partnership with STECO, pick...
The Investec Champions Cup ‘Out of the Ordinary’ photographer of the year is L’Equipe’s Alain Mounic for his ‘Out of the Ordinary’ Photo of the Year...
Bulls coach Jake White is bullish in his backing of lock Cobus Wiese to produce the type of performance in the United Rugby Championship final against Leinster...
The Bulls will beat Leinster at Croke Park 24-20, according to Chat GPT. By the way, if you are Irish, this bit of AI also comes...
URC Final: Leinster will host their first ever Vodacom United Rugby Championship final in Dublin, but the showdown against South Africa’s Bulls won’t be at the Aviva...
RESPECT Springboks coach Rassie: You have got it right with including Evan Roos in your Springboks squad. Turn him into an international machine. (Rassie) Erasmus gave...
URC play-offs latest: Jake White’s Bulls were always too strong for the Sharks in Pretoria, and the only time the Sharks were in the contest was...
RG Snyman, named Players’ Player of the Season, at the 2024/25 URC Awards, capped a winning weekend as Leinster thumped defending champions Glasgow Warriors in the...
URC Play-offs: It is the Bulls & Sharks in a BokBuster. The Springboks squad has been named, which will only add spice to the occasion for those...
Rassie Erasmus v Evan Roos is more Rassie Erasmus reincarnated as a player. If DHL Stormers No 8 Roos, among the best performing loose-forwards in the Vodacom...
Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu is SA’s URC Player of the Year. The DHL Stormers No 10’s performances were so good when he played that he won the coveted...
Keo & Zels were split over the STECO RUGBY PLAY OF THE WEEK, so they awarded two winners – one from the Bulls and one from...
Bath’s South African prop Thomas du Toit was voted the best No 3 in England’s Premiership Team of the Year. He is one of three South...
URC Awards: Cameron Hanekom is the URC Next-Gen Player of the Year. Hanekom, the Bulls No 8, also made the Vodacom United Rugby Championship Elite XV, among...
South Africa’s rugby coaches are the best in the world, internationally and at club level. It is why, right now, South Africa is the No 1...
Stormers lock Ruben van Heerden is an URC Award Winner: The big second-rower has won the the 2024/25 Tackle Machine category. He made 171 tackles, with a...
Springboks World Cup-winning No 10 Handre Pollard proved he is worth every pound paid in his three seasons at English Premiership Club Leicester Tigers. Back-to-back World...
Malcolm Marx has been mighty in the Japan League 1 this season. He is one of three Springboks named in the league’s Team of the Year....
Super Rugby Pacific’s relevance in its first ever TEAM of the YEAR is that it is voted for by the coaches and captain’s of all 11...
South Africa’s URC hopes are alive and kicking after the Bulls powered past Edinburgh and the Sharks edged Munster in a dramatic penalty shootout. Both sides...
What a night in Durban. History-making in how the result was decided. For the record it is Leinster, the Bulls, in Pretoria, the Sharks and Glasgow,...
Franco Smith shone the brightest, as a coach. His captain Kyle Steyn was not far behind and veteran No 8 Henco Venter was a machine. These...
Super Rugby Pacific 2025 is a great tournament. It is very different to the rugby played up north in the Top 14, Vodacom United Rugby Championship...
We asked South Africa’s rugby fans if Heyneke Meyer is the man to fix the Lions and make them Vodacom United Rugby Championship champions – and...
The two most talked about schoolboy midfielders in South African rugby have made their post-matric moves—and the biggest winner is unquestionably the DHL Stormers with the...
All you need to know: The Stormers, Bulls, and Sharks head into massive Vodacom URC quarter-final battles this weekend, all hunting a semi-final spot and flying...
South Africa’s three Vodacom URC quarter-finalists face their crunch moment of the season in the first round of what all three will hope won’t be the last...
Heyneke Meyer has been back in South Africa for some time. Now it is time for him to rebuild the Lions, as he did the Bulls,...
50,000 people turned out to welcome Investec Champions Cup winning side Union Bordeaux-Bègles back.
DHL Stormers star Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu and Vodacom Bulls standouts Cameron Hanekom and Wilco Louw have been named the three finalists for the South African Vodacom United...
Bordeaux’s French international winger Damian Penaud is the latest in a long line of coveted stars to scoop the prestigious Investec Champions Cup award thanks to an unmatched 2024/25...
Bordeaux-Bègles claimed their first-ever Investec Champions Cup title, while Bath Rugby lifted the EPCR Challenge Cup, as both sides celebrated European glory over the weekend in...
Damian Penaud scored a superb brace as Bordeaux-Bègles defeated Northampton Saints 28-20 in a thrilling Investec Champions Cup final at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff. In...
Former Springboks assistant coach Johann van Graan’s Bath are the EPCR Challenge Cup title winners, having hammered France’s Lyon 37-12 in Cardiff on Friday night. Bath,...
WEEKEND PREVIEW: Cardiff takes centre stage this weekend as the EPCR season reaches its climax. Bath face Lyon in Friday night’s Challenge Cup final, before Northampton...
Thomas du Toit will play a pivotal role in the EPCR Challenge Cup Final on Friday night when Bath face Lyon in Cardiff. The Springbok prop,...
The Stormers will host Irish giants Leinster in the 2025/26 season’s opening night in Cape Town. The Bulls will also be at home in the opening...
We did not agree on every position but Zels and myself picked the 15 individuals in each position from South Africa’s Vodacom United Rugby Championship whom...
The South African franchises left their mark across all major performance metrics in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship, with the Vodacom Bulls and DHL Stormers in...
South Africa’s power No 8 Juarno Trokkie Augustus can make the biggest of statements for Springbok selection when his Northampton Saints play Bordeaux in Saturday’s Investec...
Bath's South African coach, the former Bulls and Springbok assistant coach Johann van Graan's Bath will play their first of three possible finals as they go...
Fans all around the world have voted Bakkies Botha the best No 4 lock to ever play in the Investec Champions Cup, writes Mark Keohane. Botha...
As the Vodacom United Rugby Championship heads into the knockout stages, the regular season stats reveal a telling story — South African players are not just...
Three South African players – Jordan Hendrikse, Deon Fourie, and Henco van Wyk – have been shortlisted for the prestigious Try of the Season award in...
The 2026 Guinness Men’s Six Nations will break new ground with a Thursday night opener as defending champions France host Ireland in Paris on 5 February...
All four South African teams ended the URC regular season with victories, but only three reached the quarter-finals. The Bulls (2nd) and Sharks (3rd) clinched home...
The regular season came to a close over the weekend with Round 18, with all eight of the Quarter-Finalists now confirmed.
The last round of the regular URC season is here! The Bulls and Sharks have secured home quarter-finals but will want momentum going into the knockouts....
The Vodacom United Rugby Championship Race to the Eight will reach a thrilling conclusion this weekend with five teams fighting it out for the three remaining...
The Cheetahs and Griquas should combine to form a potent squad to replace the Lions in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship, writes Mark Keohane. The Lions...
Stormers fullback Warrick Gelant leads a strong South African presence in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship stat attack across several categories. Bulls’ No 8 Cameron Hanekom...
The South African trio of Bulls, Sharks and Stormers will all play in next season’s Investec Champions Cup, courtesy of their guaranteed Top 8 finish in...
The Bulls and Sharks locked in home quarter-finals with dominant wins, while the Stormers kept their playoff charge alive. The Lions, however, slipped at home to...
Seabelo Senatla was red hot on a wet and cold night in Cape Town, but what warmed the heart the most was Senatla writing another powerful...
The Bulls, Stormers, Sharks and Lions all have it all to play for as the URC playoff race heats up. The Bulls face Cardiff in a...
I have been privileged to report on and write about the Springboks since 1992, but SA Rugby magazine’s 30-year anniversary dates back to the April 1995...
Brok Harris’s career is over after 435 matches, played over 20 years, with a game time average of 54 minutes and twenty seven seconds. Take the...
Northampton Saints stunned Leinster in a thriller at the Aviva, while Bordeaux blew past Toulouse to book their spot in the showpiece of the Investec Champions...
On Saturday, Northampton Saints did the unthinkable and beat Leinster in Dublin. On Sunday, Bordeaux buried Toulouse in the most spectacular semi-final weekend of Investec Champions...
Northampton Saints’ 37-34 win against Leinster in the Investec Champions Cup semi-final in Dublin was an ode to Louis Armstrong’s belief that anything is possible. This...
The Springboks kick off their 2025 season against the Barbarians at DHL Stadium in Cape Town on Saturday, 28 June — marking the first time the...
It’s all on the line in the Champions and Challenge Cups as Leinster, Toulouse, Bath and Racing 92 gear up for a blockbuster weekend of knockout...
Heyneke Meyer coached the Springboks in 48 Tests and won a World Cup bronze in 2015. He won a Super Rugby title with the Vodacom Bulls....
The path to the 2025 Investec Champions Cup final runs through Dublin and Bordeaux, as the top clubs in the competition prepare for the semi-finals. A...
Johan van Graan and Sean Everitt go head-to-head as the remaining four teams in this season’s EPCR Challenge Cup battle for a place in the final...
The South African teams delivered in URC Round 16, with the Bulls grabbing a massive away win in Glasgow, the Sharks battling past Ulster, and the...
If you have ever watched Britain's got talent you know about the golden buzzer. On Saturday night at Cape Town Stadium one couldn't but hit the...
The Sharks took 78 minutes to take the lead against Ulster in Belfast but all that matters is that they kept that 22-19 lead for the...
The Bulls face a massive challenge away to Glasgow in their push for a home playoff, while the Stormers need a win against Benetton to stay...
Just how accurate or detailed is Grok? We used the example of Test rugby’s greatest goal kickers. Given who Grok initially omitted, for now, there is...
Sacha FM was the go-to frequency for South African supporters. Is it Saffa bias or just stating the obvious for best try-assist on the rugby planet...
Two Stormers, four Bulls and one Shark made a Test statement at the weekend and were pivotal to the three respective South African Vodacom United Rugby...
Three wins from four for the South African teams in URC Round 15, as the Stormers, Bulls and Sharks all delivered under pressure. The Lions were...
The URC is back! The Lions and Stormers need home wins to stay in the hunt for the Top Eight, while the Bulls and Sharks are...
South Africa’s Vodacom United Rugby Championship challenge has been characterised by physicality and flair and several of the country’s players are among the league’s front runners for...
Leinster continued their dominance in the Investec Champions Cup with another emphatic win, while the Vodacom Bulls’ European campaign came to an end after a narrow...
Springboks Cameron Hanekom and Canan Moodie provided the grunt and the class for the Vodacom Bulls in an EPCR Challenge Cup quarter-final exit characterised by a limp first half performance....
The Vodacom Bulls muscled their way into the quarters — now it’s all on the line against Edinburgh. No second chances. It’s knockout rugby at its...
Ten stars. Thirty years. Two clubs. That’s the headline, but it’s the substance behind it that makes Stade Toulousain and Leinster Rugby the twin pillars of...
The Vodacom Bulls will fly the South African flag in this weekend’s EPCR Challenge Cup quarter-finals. Edinburgh Rugby and Vodacom Bulls kick off Saturday’s action at...
The Investec Champions Cup is gearing up for an epic showdown between European heavyweights in this weekend’s quarter finals. From the 11-13 April, rivalries will be...
The Bulls battered Bayonne to advance to the Challenge Cup quarter-finals while Lyon landed a knockout blow to the Sharks’ title-defence and Edinburgh eliminated the Lions....
It’s do-or-die for the South African sides in Europe. The Lions face Edinburgh, the Bulls travel to Bayonne, and the Sharks head to Lyon. Three tough...
The absence of South African teams in this weekend’s Investec Champions Cup last 16 should not be mistaken for insignificance. The handprint of South African rugby...
Paul Roos Gimnasium made a rugby statement at the famed Markotter Fields in the NMI Toyota Noord-Suid Schools Rugby Festival. Winners on the field, the school...
It was a mixed weekend for the South African franchises. The Bulls delivered a 9-try hammering of Zebre in Pretoria, but it was pain everywhere else....
South Africa’s rugby move north will be cemented with full membership of the EPCR next season and the EPCR bosses are thrilled with the country’s impact...
The Bulls and Sharks may be in the top four, but after narrow escapes last weekend, there’s no cruising yet. The Stormers are stuck in the...
The Bulls clinched it late against Leinster, showing grit in a tight contest at Loftus. The Stormers kept their momentum rolling with a composed win over...
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Siya Kolisi inspired the Sharks to victory against the Lions and a first ever United Rugby Championship South African shield, Mark Keohane writes that the Bok...
Evan Roos needed the biggest of derby matches to make a statement to Springboks coach Rassie Erasmus – and the statement was ALMIGHTY, writes Mark Keohane. A...
In the December 2017 issue of SA Rugby Magazine Steven Kitshoff declared that he wanted to be No 1 in the world when it came to...
The Lions and Sharks revelled in counter attacking brilliance on a South African derby day when potency thumped possession as the name of the game, writes...
Danie Rossouw, he of Springboks, Bulls and Toulon fame is among the most decorated players in rugby’s history. He has won every title and not enough...
Rassie Erasmus is the coaching genius who influenced the Springboks’ back to back World Cup wins in 2019 and 2023, but Rassie Erasmus the Springboks flanker...
France’s Antoine Dupont is a wonderful athlete and world-class scrum half, but the best No 9 the sport has since since it turned professional in 1996...
The Sharks flew the South African flag in the opening round of the Investec Champions Cup, but in Amsterdam it was the Cheetahs who stole all...
The first person who predicts the exact score between the Springboks and Wales in Cardiff this weekend will win this awesome hamper from The Boer and...
Eben Etzebeth: JOU YSTER. Rassie Erasmus: JOU BISCUIT. Siya Kolisi. OUR CAPTAIN; OUR CAPTAIN. Saturday in Mbombela was special for the Springboks, writes Mark Keohane. What...
Manie Libbok’s selection to start the Rugby Championship finale against Argentina was an obvious one. It creates an environment for him to succeed, writes Mark Keohane....
Rassie Erasmus’s record-breaking World Cup winners will add to their legacy in beating Argentina in Santiago. Victory will win them the Rugby Championship and make this...
England’s Premiership clubs want to join the United Rugby Championship and they want South Africa and Italy kicked out. It reads like an April Fool’s joke...
Siya Kolisi spent the 2015 World Cup carrying tackle bags. Now everything he touches turns to gold. Long may it continue, writes Mark Keohane. Kolisi is...
Pieter-Steph du Toit was my player of the match in the Springboks thrilling 31-27 win against the All Blacks, writes Mark Keohane. Here is how I...
What an occasion. What a match. The Springboks get the Rugby Championship win but the rugby world gets a win from both teams in what they...
I have always thought the Rugby World Cup final should be a best of three Test series. That way, there can be no complaints about who...
The 2024 Rugby Championship has already been won. It is South Africa's, writes Mark Keohane.
We in South Africa love to boast, statistically, that the Springboks are the greatest World Cup team. Equally, there is no debate, only awe, that the...
As international players, Rassie Erasmus and Scott Robertson’s Test careers are a mirror image. As humans, they both stand 6.ft 3. As coaches of the Springboks...
The Springboks, victorious in Pretoria’s first Test, can’t lose the two-Test series against Ireland, but they need to default to their natural DNA to ensure they...
New Zealand against England was one hell of a Test match. What a way to start July’s bumper international month off rugby. The All Blacks won...
Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu was asked to kicked a 52 metre penalty with his first Springboks moment. He did it. Rassie Erasmus roared his approval, writes Mark Keohane. He...
This was a winning South African rugby moment thanks to the winning Bulls, writes Mark Keohane.
This is not just Leinster against the Vodacom Bulls in the most anticipated semi-final of the Vodacom Rugby Championship. This is South Africa versus Ireland. This...
Mark Keohane and SA Rugby Mag editor Zelím Nel convened to pick three potential Springbok squads in an exercise that showcases the immense depth of talent...
Springboks centre Andre Esterhuizen is a physical giant. He isn’t quite as big when it comes to rugby intelligence, writes Mark Keohane. Esterhuizen, in a very...
Manie Libbok’s last moment missed conversion in the Champions Cup may have just won the Stormers the United Rugby Championship, writes Mark Keohane. This is painful...
The Stormers are the best supported club in the rugby world – and their South African rivals the Bulls are the biggest opposition attraction in Cape...
The Stormers and Sharks both won ugly in the United Rugby Championship but it did not make their wins any less sweet, writes Mark Keohane. First...
This was rugby history – and it was special to be at the University of Ghana in Accra for the first ever African Games rugby gold...
South Africa’s move north for the four elite professional club teams in the United Rugby Championship was the right move, but a solution must be found...
Jake White’s Bulls are properly positioned to finish top two in the United Rugby Championship , but don’t dismiss the Stormers top four prospects. They are...
The Sharks were very good, but this is a Stormers side that, in the history of the club, will set the standard of excellence, writes Mark...
The point of the Stormers one point win against the Sharks was about humility, not just for Stormers supporters but for all South Africans, writes Mark...
The Stormers won, for the seventh successive time in the United Rugby Championship against the Bulls. The biggest victory was for South African rugby and the...
John Dobson’s Stormers have beaten Jake White’s Bulls six times in succession in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship, but the transformation numbers are even more damning...
The French just hate a game that is determined by one point – and one point only. South Africans must love it. First the Springboks at...
The league standings don’t reflect it but South Africa’s challenge for the United Rugby Championship play-offs will be strong because of home ground advantage in the...
Think back to the inaugural season of the United Rugby Championship – and that first month. It was all doom and gloom as South Africa’s teams...
Handre Pollard proved that form is temporary but that class is permanent. Appreciate this guy South Africa. Love him, respect him and thank him. Just hold...
The Springboks and All Blacks have each won three World Cup titles and Saturday’s World Cup finalists have enjoyed a remarkable revival of their 100-plus year...
Champions find a way to win, even when getting hammered. The Springboks were those champions in Paris on Sunday night, writes Mark Keohane. Hosts France were...
Handre Pollard must start South Africa's quarter-final in a fortnight. Manie Libbok must be in the 23-strong match-day squad, writes Mark Keohane.
All Blacks coach Ian Foster must have hated Fiji’s 17-12 win against Georgia and absolutely loved Scotland’s B team winning 84-0 against Romania. Cringe is the...
Handre Pollard will start against Tonga. If he gets through an hour, he will start at No 10 in the play-offs. The Boks lost against Ireland...
The Bok seven forwards and a specialist scrumhalf substitutes bench to play Ireland is not a risk. Even an eight forwards split is not a risk....
Pieter-Steph du Toit made the biggest individual statement on the opening weekend of the 2023 Rugby World Cup and the Springboks flexed their defensive muscle to...
France were okay and the All Blacks were awful – and the result was a 14 point French win in the 2023 RWC opener, writes Mark...
In 2007, the Springboks were crowned World Champions in Paris after seven magnificent weeks. Mark Keohane reflects on his time in France in 2007 and predicts...
Sixteen years ago, the Rugby World Cup in France ended with it being about the world-champion Springboks, and the 2023 edition will finish the same way,...
A club majority secured a YES vote on the Red Disa majority share equity deal in Western Province rugby. It is a monumental moment in the...
A ‘No’ vote on the proposed Western Province professional rugby equity deal will kill community rugby in the province. Wednesday night’s vote has to be one...
Having watched every Test match in 2023, it is time to front and call the #RWC2023 winner before kick-off. Have a read of who I believe...
This was the statement performance of a world champion not ready to surrender the title. The Springboks at Twickenham were sensational in dismantling the All Blacks,...
Canan Moodie, in the No 13 jersey, points to the future and we may just get a hint of the potential powers of a Springboks midfield...
Give Springboks coaches Rassie Erasmus and Jacques Nienaber credit. They have made Springboks rugby lekker rugby, writes Shaheen Daniels. Erasmus, as head coach and Nienaber as...
Eben Etzebeth and Faf de Klerk aside, the starting combinations against Wales on Saturday will start against Scotland in the Springboks World Cup opener in Marseilles...
Scotland’s near slaying of Rugby World Cup hosts France in France on Saturday night has added to the intrigue and intensity of the Springboks final two...
Springboks supporter Klein Strydom fears that too many of the 2019 South African Rugby World Cup winners are past their sell-by date. Strydom, in his Fans’s view,...
Keo.co.za will bring you a daily Fans’ view as we head into the World Cup. The first up offering is aimed at England flyhalf Owen Farrell...
The 2023 Springboks Rugby World Cup squad of 33 will arrive in France respected as defending champions but definitely not feared because of squad composition, writes...
There is light at the end of the tunnel for the Springboks – and it is that they don’t have to go to New Zealand again...
The Springboks, as a team, rated 5/10 against the All Blacks. The All Blacks rated 8 from 10. The only Bok player to get an eight:...
The Springboks were outstanding in dismantling the Wallabies in Pretoria. Get excited about it. It is not a crime to celebrate a great performance, writes Mark...
The 2019 World Cup-winning Boks will start the biggest matches of the World Cup in France later this year – and it is a testament to...
Ruan Pienaar’s rugby pedigree and consistency in performance is such that I’d have no reservation calling on him in the case of a Springboks World Cup...
Steven Kitshoff will be back in Cape Town. And he will be back in the DHL Stormers jersey for some time. Think of his time at...
Forget those sad souls up north who bemoan the Vodacom United Rugby Championship. It is the new ABC for professional club rugby, writes Mark Keohane. The...
The DHL Stormers completed a remarkable Vodacom United Rugby Championship double in winning back-to-back South African Shields, did enough to host a home quarter-final and used...
South Africa has double the amount of teams in the Champions Cup quarter-finals than Ireland. The tide is turning, with Ireland’s provincial dominance put to the...
DHL Stormers coach John Dobson has paid Leinster the ultimate compliment in sending his strongest available squad for Friday's top of the table Vodacom United Rugby...
It is no April fool’s joke: John Dobson’s DHL Stormers are the best team in South Africa and on the 1st April they get the chance...
A Bulls perspective, by way of a video, states that they were victims of match official bias/incompetence in the Stormers’ victory at Loftus in the Vodacom...
The Stormers won for a fifth successive time against the Vodacom Bulls. They won because they are a better team, but they won, despite the obvious incompetence...
Gareth Edwards’s try for the Barbarians against the All Blacks is considered rugby union’s try of the century, yet it would never have been scored had...
Rassie Erasmus is a super rugby strategist. To bring in sacked England coach Eddie Jones as a Springboks hired gun for the 2023 World Cup in...
SA Rugby Magazine editor Zelim Nel and myself picked our 2022 Rugby Team of the Year – and it looks decidedly different to the XV confirmed...
World Rugby for the second year in a row have released a nomination list for World Rugby Player of the Year that screams oversight and apathy,...
The romance of Rassie Erasmus has quickly turned to ridicule, and his refusal to take a defeat on the chin is alienating him from his most...
On a disappointing night in Cork, after a dire display from South Africa’s “A” side, there was one shining light in Sharks scrumhalf Grant Williams, writes...
Jason Jenkins is the biggest winner in the Springboks end of year touring squad and Jordan Hendrikse the biggest loser, writes Mark Keohane. Lock Jenkins, who earned...
Springboks flyhalf Elton Jantjies must be applauded and supported for fronting his issues with substance abuse, writes Mark Keohane.
Mark Keohane picks his five newbies for the Springboks’ November tour. If not, the Boks, then PLEASE the SA XV for the midweek matches. They’re unlikely...
Damian Willemse is worth every cent of investment – and more. His value has been made possible because of the vision of DHL Stormers coach John Dobson, who...
It took Evan Roos all of three minutes to remind the South African rugby coaches that he can indeed play rugby, when he ran 50 meters...
Another calculated Frans Steyn cameo and another mighty effort from Malcolm Marx were two of the most significant stand outs from the Springboks 34-20 win against...
A fortnight ago I picked a Springboks starting XV that, for one position, was the one that started in Sydney and hammered the Wallabies. That same...
A change of Springboks team brought the desired result. More of the same please South Africa on a Saturday when the rugby universe seemed to return...
I asked for 10 changes to be made to the Springboks starting line-up that bumbled its way to defeat in Adelaide. Rassie Erasmus delivered eight changes...
Damian Willemse at No 10 would be a breath of fresh air for the embattled Springboks in Australia. It won’t happen but this is the Springboks...
The Springboks flopped for the third time in six Tests this season, but this one in Adelaide, Australia, was the worst of the lot. It really...
Six Tests into 2022 and somehow it just seems like an international season of missed opportunity in the lack of Test match game time for so...
Handre Pollard kicked the pressure kick against Wales to take the Springboks into the 2019 World Cup final. He then scored 22 points in that final....
The only consistency the Springboks have shown since the 2019 World Cup final triumph is inconsistency, and it is bloody frustrating that the Boks mentally are...
All week the Springboks told the media how sorry they felt for the All Blacks, and then for 80 minutes they apologised on the field as...
The ghosts of Ellis Park must haunt another generation of All Blacks, writes Mark Keohane. I have the Boks to win by a South African record (versus...
The 16-point Springboks winning differential versus the All Blacks is the biggest in the professional era and one point shy of the biggest ever in 1928....
The skilled All Blacks want to go to the dance floor on Saturday, but Siya Kolisi’s world champion Springboks must take them to the gutters, writes...
For their opening Test against the All Blacks, the Springboks need the experienced halfback pairing of Faf De Klerk and Handre Pollard to fire, and the...
Only three Springboks make my World XV from the July internationals, writes Mark Keohane. What is your best XV this past month? A disclaimer, I have...
Siya Kolisi’s world champion Springboks delivered their series-best performance at the DHL Stadium in Cape Town – and they needed to do so to beat a...
The Springboks, at home, should beat Wales, but I just want the world champions to actually arrive at the DHL Stadium and give Capetonians a display...
Jacques Nienaber has rewarded form over reputation in picking Jaden Hendrikse for Saturday’s series decider against Wales in Cape Town, writes Mark Keohane.
Percy Montgomery has won the World Cup but he will always be unique to Springbok rugby as the first to play 100 Tests. It remains a...
July is proving just brilliant for world rugby, with the three-Test series summer internationals in South Africa, New Zealand and Australia all going down to a...
The world champion Springboks are on track for a successful World Cup defence in 2023. Mark Keohane tells Ryan O'Connor why he has such faith in...
Jacques Nienaber has complimented his fringe Springbok players and not insulted Wales by making 14 changes to his run-on XV, writes Mark Keohane. This is not...
Wales could not have played with more calm and composure in the first hour and the Springboks could not have played with more catastrophe and crassness...
It was two big statement victories Down Under for the Rugby Championship with Dave Rennie’s Australia in a remarkable win against England and the All Blacks...
I am backing the Springboks to beat Wales by 20 points in the three-Test series opener at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria, writes Mark Keohane. This is...
Evan Roos’s exclusion aside, there isn’t much I’d change for the Springboks’ season-opener against Wales at Loftus Versfeld, writes Mark Keohane.
John Dobson did the treble on Jake White in a stunning Vodacom United Rugby Championship final in Cape Town, writes Mark Keohane. The DHL Stormers 18-13...
It is the old bull against the young bull in Cape Town on Saturday night in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship final and it is the...
The Vodacom United Rugby Championship is the injection every South African rugby player needed because the URC is without doubt a ticket to the Springboks, writes Mark...
The Vodacom United Rugby Championship, in its first year, will be won by a South African team in Cape Town. That is just WILD, writes Mark...
Jake White as a coach has won the World Cup with the Springboks but his victory at the helm of the Vodacom Bulls against Leinster in...
I have backed the DHL Stormers to win at home against Ulster and the Vodacom Bulls to lose in Dublin against Leinster in the semi-finals of...
Marcell Coetzee will not be picked for the Springboks. The current coaches just don’t rate him. Siya Kolisi will be picked. The current coaches will never...
I would pick Deon Fourie for the Springboks this season and view him as an insurance policy for the 2023 World Cup in France, writes Mark...
The DHL Stormers are South Africa’s best Vodacom United Rugby Championship team and that is why their players dominate my SA team of the season, writes...
Damian Willemse, outstanding in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship, has been my DHL Stormers player of the season, writes Mark Keohane. In 2021, I commented on...
John Dobson’s DHL Stormers are South Africa’s top Vodacom United Rugby Championship team. They will also offer the strongest South African challenge in the playoffs, especially...
Siya Kolisi’s triumphant 2021 squad of series winners against the British & Irish Lions are the best Springboks team in the professional era. The series win,...
DHL Stormers goalkicking ace Manie Libbok is the favourite to finish the league stages of the Vodacom United Rugby Championship as the top points scorer. Libbok’s 142...
It has taken John Dobson’s DHL Stormers three years, but finally we are seeing his squad’s #TrueColours – and it has made for some sensational rugby...
You have to go back to 2018 to realise just how absurd all the talk is that there are JUST 17 Tests for the Springboks to...
The Springbok coaches have snubbed Stormers No 8 Evan Roos and Bulls captain Marcel Coetzee. Neither are part of the first Springboks alignment camp for 2022,...
The Stormers URC super-Saturday clash against the Bulls is shaping up to be the match of the tournament. Mark Keohane and SA Rugby Mag editor Zelim...
On Saturday I went with a few mates to watch the Stormers take apart the Ospreys at Cape Town stadium. It was the first time I’d...
SA Rugby Editor Zelim Nel and I spoke with legendary Welsh and British & Irish Lions centre Scott Gibbs about the United Rugby Championship, the state...
Stormers No 8 Evan Roos put down a marker for the Springboks, but as much fun as it is to watch South African teams hammering those...
Expect something special from Lions flyhalf Jordan Henrikse in the United Rugby Championships this weekend.
Damian De Allende wears the crown worldwide at inside centre, but there has been seemingly little investment in a back up plan for the Springboks should...
Rassie Erasmus, post the 2023 Rugby World Cup, must head to England with the blessing of all Springbok supporters. He has done his job in South...
Damian de Allende, in a 30 minute cameo for Munster, towered above all other South African backs at Loftus in the United Rugby Championship. Springbok midfielder...
Rassie Erasmus has made the most calculated of public job applications to be the next England coach, writes Mark Keohane. Erasmus, who won World Cup gold...
Former Springbok scrum coach and current Scotland scrum coach, Pieter de Villiers, believes that this French team is a winning generation, who have the potential to...
Find me a 13 in world rugby better than Lukhanyo Am , and find me a player better than him in South Africa at the moment....
This was a first. I called every game wrong. Congratulations Dobbo’s Stormers. Equally the French who silenced the Irish, writes Mark Keohane. To every punter, WTF,...
I sat down with The MoneyMan and SA Rugby Mag editor Zelim Nel to make our picks for this weekend’s URC and Six Nations. I’m expecting...
The Springboks would never be the current world champions or the No 1 ranked team in the world without their overseas based superstars. Appreciate their worth,...
Rassie Erasmus, please give Ruan Ackermann a call and let him know that he will be a Springbok. Before England pick him up to play international...
It’s Ireland’s tournament to lose this year, as Eddie’s England don’t have the answers and France flatter to deceive, says Mark Keohane, in discussion with Zelim...
Siya Kolisi being awarded South African Player of the Year is rightful recognition of the Springbok captain’s efforts in 2021, and is made all the more...
Pierre Spies is the best No 8 to have played in Super Rugby, writes Mark Keohane, who picks his all-time Super Rugby XV. I was privileged...
Aphelele Fassi is deserving of the opportunity to claim the Springbok number 15 jersey, and it is one of my sporting wishes in 2022 that the...
The tide will turn and while the 2020/21 United Rugby Championship season is about survival, the 2022/23 season will be all about South African success, writes...
The 1995 World Cup-winning Springbok captain Francois Pienaar was rated the greatest No 6 to ever play Test rugby in a global poll of more than...
President Ramaphosa this week spoke of there being no science to ban travel from South Africa, but Mr President where is the science in determining...
Lukhanyo Am was outstanding for the Springboks in 2021 and his Man of the Match performance upon returning to domestic rugby was just further affirmation of...
Siya Kolisi is my player of the year in 2021, writes Mark Keohane. He has been everything you want in a Test player and a leader....
If you want to know just how much change there has been when it comes to race and rugby in 2021, go back to the Springboks...
The Springboks would not be a top five Test team if they did not pick overseas-based South African players, writes Mark Keohane. Sir Ian McGeechan’s comments...
Let it go with Rassie, people tell me every day. Let’s move on. We made our point. Nonsense, writes Mark Keohane. The only point made was...
Dave Rennie said sorry for his referee rant – and life goes on without sanction. Rassie Erasmus, forced to say sorry, spends 10 months banned from...
Wallabies coach Dave Rennie broke World Rugby’s rules in publicly attacking the performance of the referee in his team’s defeat to Wales. In the four days...
This current Springbok team is made so special by the quality of player that runs from one to 23, and their success has been based off...
The world champion Springboks were two minutes away from a Grade A season, but still they can take pride from an exceptional international return in 2021,...
Rassie Erasmus’s legacy is the transformation of the Springboks. It is his greatest victory, writes Mark Keohane. Rassie Erasmus’s Springboks have achieved great things since 2018,...
The Springboks will again have to be outstanding to win because they won’t be done any favours by a referee with a history of seeing it...
A white coach stands up for his black captain against a white referee and World Rugby fines the black captain and tries to take the white...
Makazole Mapimpi’s calm character and ego-less approach to the media make it easy to forget that out on his left wing he has mastered the art...
Eddie Jones likened the world champion Springboks to a heavyweight boxing contest against George Foreman, but felt his team could do a Muhammad Ali and find...
The UK Media were unanimous in their praise for the Springboks dismantling of Scotland, describing the win as the performance expected of world champions, writes Mark...
Eddie Jones has made no secret of the fact that England will be targeting the Springboks as their biggest game of the year, and while Saturday’s...
The best team in the world – the Springboks – pumped Scotland on Saturday. Ireland did the same to the All Blacks and England were always...
Stand tall Siya Kolisi. Stand your ground and silence the whistle of Australian referee Angus Gardner at Murrayfield on Saturday, writes Mark Keohane. Kolisi’s Springboks have...
I believe the Springboks will beat Scotland but if they don’t it will be because of Scotland’s South African-born and raised scrum coach and former French ...
Frans Steyn was 19 years old when he won Man of the Match in his Springbok debut against Ireland in 2006, and he was 34 when...
Siya Kolisi must be named South African Rugby Player of the Year, and should be shortlisted for the World Rugby Player of the Year award too,...
Jake White has labelled Frans Steyn the modern-day Danie Craven and said it is a travesty that Steyn has not played 100 Tests for the Springboks,...
The haunted UK rugby media remain tortured that the Springboks beat the vaunted British & Irish Lions in the three-Test series earlier this year and are...
In the absence of Pieter-Steph Du Toit, Kwagga Smith has stepped in and stepped up, and began to redefine the role of an archetypical Springbok blindside...
Frans Steyn, for a second successive Test, turned back the clock to remind the rugby world of his greatness, writes Mark Keohane. Steyn, introduced into the...
I fear stories of players with dementia and brain illness will be written, rewritten and written again over time, but that very little will change and...
The Springboks face an improved Wales side to the one that lost to the All Blacks last weekend, but the expectation must still be a Springbok...
Aphelele Fassi scored his first Test try with his first touch after just 36 seconds. But the wait for more game time is proving elusive to...
Two years on from the Springboks’ incredible 32-12 triumph over England in Yokohama, Oliver Keohane reflects on five magnificent, match-winning moments from the Boks’ 2019 Rugby...
The Springboks will be facing a slightly different but definitively stronger Wales side to the one that went down so easily to the All Blacks last...
The wrong person is under cross examination from World Rugby this weekend. Australian referee Nic Berry is the one who should be in the dock, writes...
It has been over two months since Rassie Erasmus was formally charged by World Rugby for bringing the game into disrepute. By the end of this...
I never liked clowns and I never liked the circus, which could explain my disdain for Cricket South Africa’s administration and those imposters parading as a...
The all-South African loose trio of Hanro Liebenberg, Jasper Wiese and Marco Van Staden have been at the heart of Leicester Tiger’s early dominance of the...
The Springboks limited edition jersey, to be worn in one of the Tests in November, is a SHOCKER, writes Mark Keohane. Please, SA Rugby and ASICS,...
Four rounds into the United Rugby Championship, this is what we consider the best performing combined South African starting XV, write Mark and Oliver Keohane. Challenge...
Instead of bemoaning the situation of South African sports people excelling for other countries, we should be celebrating the quality of sporting individuals produced in South...
Blood the new in 2022. There is plenty of time to refresh, rejuvenate and reinvigorate the Springboks for their 2023 World Cup defence, writes Mark Keohane. ...
Thank you Morne Steyn for inspiring this rugby-mad young boy with your blue kicking tee and mercurial boots, writes Oliver Keohane. I was a nine year...
“Be grateful, be vulnerable, but have mad work ethic – you’ll be a success in whatever you want to do” says Sonny Bill Williams as he...
With Faf De Klerk ruled out of the end-of-year tour, Cobus Reinach and Herschel Jantjies have an extended opportunity to flourish for the Springboks, writes Oliver Keohane....
Context, understanding and a bit of patience. That has to be the message to the South African rugby public when it comes to the South African participation...
New Zealand’s leading rugby writers were unanimous in their applause of the Springboks and in the reality check for the All Blacks in a defeat that...
Phepsi Buthelezi, Evan Roos and Elrigh Louw will all play for the Springboks at some stage, and while there was for a long time no clear...
Springbok legend Victor Matfield was spot on in his calls for Aphelele Fassi to feature primarily at fullback for the Springboks come the November tour, writes...
In light of the news that Sharks flanker Dylan Richardson has been called into the Scottish international squad, Mark and Oliver Keohane decided to select five...
If the Springboks are to contend at the next two Rugby Championships and ultimately the 2023 Rugby World Cup, they need to start entrusting players outside...
Rassie Erasmus wants his World Rugby hearing to be done publicly, in the name of transparency. World Rugby is refusing. Why & why the secrecy? asks...
Someone with authority and influence in South Africa, please end the madness and get us back into our sports stadiums and the freedom to choose to...
But for two final-minute heart-breaking defeats, Siya Kolisi’s world champions would have been a carbon copy of John Smit’s world champion Springboks. The results are eerily...
Mark Keohane and Oliver Keohane have picked Johan Goosen and RG Snyman respectively as the two players who they are most hoping to see back in...
If 2021 is to be the final year of Test rugby for Francois and Morne Steyn, the world could not have asked for an end more...
The Springboks win against the All Blacks on Australia’s Gold Coast was right up there with the 2019 World Cup final win against England, writes Mark...
Elton Jantjies was simply exceptional in steering the Springboks to victory over the All Blacks in the final Rugby Championship match of the season. His temperament...
No referee can dictate how the Springboks play, but be guaranteed on Saturday that Siya Kolisi’s Boks won’t get away with slowing down the game as...
It is a massive moment to be able to write about the rugby qualities of a transformed Springboks starting XV, which includes seven black players, when...
No Fassi, Jantjies or Willemse … Saturday is a missed opportunity for the Boks, writes Mark Keohane. There is no doubt the Springboks team selected to...
The Springboks won the World Cup, beat the British & Irish Lions in a Test series & came within 2 minutes of stunning the in-form All...
Annelee Murray was in the Springboks change room for 43 Test matches over the past 20 years against the All Blacks. In her book, the First...
The Springboks were two minutes away from the most heroic victory against an All Blacks team unbeaten in nine Tests and averaging six tries in Tests...
Siya Kolisi was simply outstanding in the Springboks’ 100th Test against the All Blacks, and while the South African public mourns the most painful of losses,...
I am backing the Springboks to win against the All Blacks in Townsville on Saturday – and this is why, writes Mark Keohane. I made the...
In the same way that the South African forwards rally around Eben Etzebeth, New Zealand’s pack elevates in the presence of Brodie Retallick. The battle of...
Backing a Bulls and Sharks win in the United Rugby Championship will score you big cash. Be responsible but if you have some spare cash, throw...
Former All Blacks coach Laurie Mains is 75 years-old and his ramblings earlier this week about the Springboks sound like that of an old man who...
Morne Steyn rolled back the years against the British & Irish Lions & Frans Steyn now gets to do the double against the All Blacks 12...
The Boks, as much as the rugby world may hate it, need to revert to what works for this team and if they do, we’ll have...
Lood de Jager’s presence is a MUST if the Springboks having any chance of upstaging the All Blacks in Townsville, writes Mark Keohane. The All Blacks...
One trend that is disturbing among black supporters is the belief that a black player is beyond criticism, especially if the analyst is white, writes Mark...
The Suncorp Stadium again spooked the Springboks, who were as awful as the Wallabies were awesome. This was a good old fashioned thrashing, writes Mark Keohane....
From a qualifier winning the US Open women’s title, to the world’s greatest player getting stunned in the men’s final, to the high of Ronaldo’s sensational...
What makes the famed Springboks bomb squad work is not having six forwards in the eight but rather who those forwards are, writes Oliver Keohane. The...
Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane is to the Wallabies what Ellis Park is to the Springboks. It will take the world champion Springboks to be at their...
The romance among South Africans is that the All Blacks are the biggest rivalry, but when you break it down statistically the most intense Springboks rivalry...
For all the pre-match purple prose, the Springboks did not respect the occasion on Sunday because if they did they would not have given Australia seven...
There may still be victory in Sunday’s defeat for the Springboks – but it won’t feel like it for the next 24 hours. For now, the...
Handre Pollard’s hazardous outing off the tee on Sunday afternoon cost the Springboks eight points and stood in stark contrast to Wallabies counterpart Quade Cooper, emphasising...
Saturday in Pretoria belonged to Jake White and his Bulls. This was a history-making day for the coach as the Bulls crushed the Sharks, writes Mark...
Back the Boks against the Wallabies – not because of patriotism but because they are the best team in the world. The expectation must be that...
Eddie Jones’s comments about Rassie Erasmus are as big a joke as his England team was in the 2019 World Cup final, writes Mark Keohane. Jones...
Duane Vermeulen’s return to Test rugby this coming weekend will be colossal for the Springboks Rugby Championship campaign, because he was built for the international arena,...
Springbok coach Jacques Nienaber has entrusted his Lion-taming Boks to deal with the challenge of the Wallabies. He has respected the occasion of the Rugby Championship...
These Wallabies are wimps. Siya Kolisi’s world champion Springboks will wallop them, writes Mark Keohane. It will be champ up against chump and the scoreboard will...
The Currie Cup still has significance and prestige to every South African rugby player and there is a defence to be made for the lack of...
Wallabies captain Michael Hooper is among the best players on the field every week, regardless of result or opposition . But his efforts have been rendered...
Quade Cooper is the obvious choice to start at flyhalf against the Springboks, writes Oliver Keohane. The 21 year-old Noah Lolesio is not yet the answer. James...
This is the the month of international rugby that couldn’t come soon enough because it means the world champion Springboks play the All Blacks, back to...
Akira Ioane’s recent performances for the All Blacks in the number 6 jersey suggest that a special talent is finally coming of age in the Test...
Cheslin Kolbe’s record-breaking transfer from Toulouse to Toulon is a triumph for skill in a game obsessed with physicality and size, writes Mark Keohane. But don’t...
Rugby union is being compromised in the name of player safety. It is nonsense, writes Mark Keohane. Professional rugby is a risk sport and because of...
Jake White’s Vodacom Bulls won for a 21st successive time at Loftus to bury Western Province and end the visitors miserable Currie Cup campaign, writes Mark...
The All Blacks like to preach on all forms of morality from a pedestal so high you wonder whether there is an oxygen supply up there...
Siya Kolisi’s boys are not the boring Boks the world is making them out to be. Here’s some analysis to challenge every perception there is on...
Jake White has nailed it with the signing of the old bull Bismarck du Plessis, writes Mark Keohane. Du Plessis is still good enough to play...
Dale Steyn was pace. He was swing. He was spirit. He was possibility. He was bluff. He was trance. He was – and is – life,...
Back Jake White’s Vodacom Bulls to be a title contender in the inaugural United Rugby Championship. Back the Sharks and even the Stormers to make the...
Cheslin Kolbe is the best rugby player in the world – and now his professional playing contract is befitting the game’s most sought after entertainer, writes...
Cricket South Africa’s Lawson Naidoo and his Board should be shamed for not taking a stand against racial intolerance and against Proteas coach Mark Boucher, writes...
Toulon have turned to Springbok sensation Cheslin Kolbe to reignite their status as the best club team in France and in Europe – and it is...
One of New Zealand’s most prominent rugby writers has declared the Springboks the best team on the planet & one of the finest All Blacks midfielders...
Proteas coach Mark Boucher should not be in charge of the national cricket team. His admission to racially offensive behaviour during his Proteas playing days cannot...
Rassie, never surrender to World Rugby’s attempts to bully and bury you. South Africa stands with you, writes Mark Keohane. Rassie Erasmus goes on trial on...
Give the All Blacks the bullet from this year’s Rugby Championship. Their failure to make the Perth Test match against Australia should be a forfeit of...
It took Argentina 166 minutes in 2021 to score a try against the Springboks – and the fact that they did score is what the Springboks...
Russell Domingo has found his cricket qualities celebrated as coach of the Bangladesh Tigers, just as Ashwell Prince did when he joined Lancashire as their star...
Proteas coach Mark Boucher’s silence this past month on the matter of calling Paul Adams ‘Brown Sh*t’ during their international playing careers, would indicate he feels...
The Springboks and All Blacks 100th Test showdown could be played in front of 80 000 at Twickenham. How incredible would that be to celebrate the...
There is an obsession on social media in wanting to retire Willie le Roux as a Springbok. It is absurd. Le Roux is the best fullback...
Malcolm Marx starts his first Test since the Rugby World Cup opener against the All Blacks in 2019. There is no reason to believe that he...
Rassie Erasmus is the messenger. World Rugby’s leadership will harm the game more by shooting the messenger. Listen to the message, writes Mark Keohane. Alas, their...
Legendary referee Nigel Owens has rated John Smit as among the greatest Test captains and Springbok winger Bryan Habana as the best left wing he has...
Jasper Wiese firmly announced his arrival to Test rugby, in just his fourth appearance for the Springboks, as he put in a phenomenal Man of the...
Annelee Murray worked with the Springboks for 244 matches, including 21 captains, seven national coaches and 248 players. In her book, the First Lady of Springbok...
This was a big win for the Springboks. To beat a side as good as the Pumas by 20 points and keep them try-less a week...
Siya Kolisi and his group of Springboks have taken their place among the greatest Springbok teams in history. And Kolisi also sits at the head table...
The significance of Francois Steyn starting at number 12 while Damian Willemse wears 15 against Argentina on Saturday, should be lost on none. It may be...
The Springboks are the most successful team in World Cup history. Why on earth would you want to change a formula that is unmatched? asks Mark...
Springboks hooker Joseph Dweba is a monster of a man and he will be right at home against the physical force of the Pumas, writes Oliver...
Siya Kolisi came of age as a Test captain in the Test series triumph against the British & Irish Lions. He now comfortably sits alongside the...
The wholesale changes to the Springboks are understandable, but Saturday’s Test against the Pumas could be as close as the final Test was against the British...
The Springboks Test series win against the British & Irish Lions is a bigger achievement for this special group of players than winning the World Cup,...
Franco Mostert is a physical and positional enigma, and he was the most valuable player to the Springboks in a brutal three-Test series, where the physicality...
Jacques Nienaber made a huge call to pull his vice captain Handre Pollard off on 65 minutes, with the game at 13 all. At the beginning...
Damian De Allende is currently the best inside centre playing Test rugby, and the fact that he managed to return to rugby in time for the...
In the author’s note from The Chosen 23, Mark Keohane explains how the idea was born. *In a special offer, the first 500 people to order...
Handre Pollard kicked 22 points in South Africa’s World Cup final win against England in 2019 and on Saturday his boot will beat the British &...
While social media has appeared cynical of the Springboks’ scrum-half selection for Saturday’s series decider against the British & Irish Lions, both Cobus Reinach and Herschel...
With the exception of the injury-enforced absence of Pieter-Steph Du Toit and Faf De Klerk, the Springbok 23 that will face the Lions in the series...
Maro Itoje’s knee to the throat of Damian de Allende was a shameful moment for Itoje, but not as shameful as World Rugby’s failure to sanction...
Stuart Hogg’s British & Irish Lions tour surely must be over after his cowardly and disgraceful bite on Springbok fullback Willie le Roux, writes Mark Keohane....
The famed 2019 World Cup-winning Springboks bomb squad was back in business in Cape Town on Saturday night in silencing the roar of the British &...
Springbok captain Siya Kolisi led the defence of Rassie Erasmus and Mzwandile Stick accused Warren Gatland of destroying the dignity of the series before a ball...
Rassie Erasmus has released the most damning 26-clip video of the officiating from the Springboks first Test against the British & Irish & said he is...
Eddie Jones a year ago blasted Ben O’Keeffe for Welsh bias in a Test England won and the Australian coach Dave Rennie was as scathing of...
Clive Woodward has insulted the Springboks and the 2019 World Cup winning coach Rassie Erasmus in a war of words the 2021 British & Irish Lions...
Rassie Erasmus was gracious in defeat in the aftermath of the Springboks’ controversial loss to the British & Irish Lions in the opening Test of the...
Scott Gibbs believes the Springboks have to physically take it to the British & Irish Lions to level the series and that if the Boks win...
Marius Jonker must be replaced now as the TMO. Not because he is a cheat but because he was petrified to rule anything in the favour...
The British & Irish Lions Test series lived up to all the hype in a bruising opener in Cape Town, but just like they did at...
The British & Irish Lions were too good for the Springboks in the first of three Tests – and inspirational captain Alun Wyn Jones was at...
The good news Rassie and Jacques is that you have two matches to fix it, but know that your 2019 World Cup final win is yesterday’s...
A Springboks home series win against the British & Irish Lions will rank higher than the Springboks winning a two-Test series against the All Blacks in...
A fervid rugby rivalry cherished by a Lions fanatic and his Springbok-supporting son, Mark Keohane remembers his late father’s last words on the 2021 tour. ‘The...
Mark Keohane has the Springboks to win the first Test against the British & Irish Lions – and the series 3-0. Legendary Lions centre Scott Gibbs...
Sir Clive Woodward is expecting Cheslin Kolbe to slay Duhan van der Merwe, much like David slayed Goliath. And I agree with him, writes Mark Keohane....
Rassie Erasmus is the most celebrated water boy in the game of rugby and he must continue to coach from the sideline in the guise of...
Damian Willemse’s cameo appearances as a super-sub will be decisive in a Springboks series win against the British & Irish Lions, with the Springbok coaching staff...
This was not the Springboks match 23 I expected for the first Test and it doesn’t have the potency of the 23 that won South Africa...
Warren Gatland has picked just four of the players who started in the British & Irish Lions 17-13 defeat against South Africa ‘A’ a week ago...
New Zealand referee Ben O’Keefe should have been stood down after his send-off shocker in Brisbane. He should not be in charge of the potentially series-deciding...
Handre Pollard will play in the first Test against the British & Irish Lions, with veteran flyhalf Morne Steyn on the bench. Springboks captain Siya Kolisi...
South African Director of Rugby Rassie Erasmus doesn’t miss a trick. The World Cup winning coach wants to know why Owen Farrell wasn’t carded for a...
This British & Irish Lions three-Test series against the Springboks must be determined by the superiority of one team over the other and not a referee...
Understated as a person, but never underrated as a player, and definitely not within the Springboks squad. Lukhanyo Am, heir apparent to Siya Kolisi, thrived in...
This was the SA ‘A’ the Lions expected to trounce in Cape Town and this SA ‘A’ was nothing compared to the Springboks who played as...
Jasper Wiese did enough in his second international outing, as South Africa ‘A’ downed the British & Irish Lions 17-13, to show that he is the...
British & Irish Lions legend Scott Gibbs raved about Rassie Erasmus’s on-field presence as the team’s ‘water boy’ and said it emphasised the brilliant bond between...
A couple of months ago I wrote a piece entitled “Why we go to war with Eben Etzebeth”. Every notion was affirmed over an unrelenting 80-minute...
The World Cup-winning Springboks went to war under the banner of South Africa ‘A’ and tamed the British & Irish Lions in Cape Town in making...
Let’s see what the British & Irish Lions have up front. That’s the question that will be answered at the Cape Town Stadium, writes Mark Keohane....
Yes please! We have a fourth Test and Cape Town’s favourite rugby son Cheslin Kolbe will play the British & Irish Lions on Wednesday night in...
Please don’t applaud or celebrate a team losing 71-31. To do so is to insult the Sharks. It isn’t a compliment, writes Mark Keohane. The Sharks...
Levani Botia was shown red in the Heineken Cup final and the Fijian captain should have got his marching orders for a similar assault on All...
The All Blacks have unmatched skill on attack, but physically the aura of the All Blacks is to be found on YouTube’s best of highlights reel...
A quick note to all: The Springboks who won the World Cup will be in Cape Town to play the British and Irish Lions … not...
The British & Irish Lions were always going to whip South Africa’s domestic teams. The only time a judgement can be made on the Lions is...
Owen Farrell was the biggest beneficiary from a Covid enforced British & Irish Lions starting XV backline reshuffle with a flyhalf performance that will be difficult...
Any belief that the British & Irish Lions being in South Africa is about dollars is misguided. If it was only about the money the Lions...
The good news is the British & Irish Lions will play the Sharks at Emirates Airline Park on Wednesday evening. The bad news for South Africans...
The British & Irish Lions tour to South Africa in 2021 is unique in that the battle is not just between the hosts and the touring...
Scottish flanker Hamish Watson has the motor and mongrel to be a game changer for the British & Irish Lions come the three tests against the...
I had the British & Irish Lions to win by 40 points. They won by 42 points and showed their class against a local Lions team...
Frans Malherbe may take a few blows on social media because of his build, but no one lands a blow to him at scrum time. The...
British & Irish Lions three-tour veteran Scott Gibbs believes scrumhalf Faf de Klerk will be decisive for a Springbok series win against the tourists, writes Mark...
Crowd or no crowds, the rugby will be special and while we can bemoan the lack of a stadium audience, we still have the luxury of...
Legendary former Welsh and British & Irish Lions centre Scott Gibbs believes the selection of Kwagga Smith at number 8 for the Springboks first warmup test...
It is magnificent and so appropriate that Frans Steyn will start in the Springboks first test since the Rugby World Cup final. He has started only...
Rosko Specman will become a Springbok when South Africa play Georgia this Friday for their first test since the Rugby World Cup final. Specman is a...
Warren Gatland’s appointment of Conor Murray as the British & Irish Lions captain sees one of the best brains in world rugby take over the Lions...
Damn the South African online haters of Duhan van der Merwe. Show the British & Irish Lions big winner some love because while he plays for...
Springbok Cheslin Kolbe kicked a 50 metre drop goal in Toulouse’s Top 14 final win against La Rochelle, showing there is nothing he can’t do, writes...
Duhan van der Merwe scored a try and looked as if he had been in a British & Irish Lions jersey all his career. He was...
Three South Africans and a Zimbabwean all contributed to the New Zealand Black Caps winning of the first ever Test World Championship, but Cape Town and...
The British & Irish Lions Test team won’t know what it feels like to be tackled until that first Bok hit in the first Test at...
The All Blacks have announced their 36-man squad and new captain for their upcoming Test series against Fiji and Tonga, and the obvious weakness in their...
Sbu Nkosi is a weapon, and he is a weapon that remains relatively unused in the Springbok arsenal due to the lucky fact (for South Africans)...
New Zealand’s Warren Gatland is the best non-South African coach in the world and his last dance with the British & Irish Lions in South Africa...
Don’t underestimate the World Cup connection in restoring the Springboks imbalance of not having played a Test in nearly two years. World Cup winner Faf de...
FFS … if you can’t beat Benetton, you can’t beat the Blues. And you most certainly won’t beat the Crusaders. Forget the challenge of Exeter, Munster...
Jake White’s return to South African rugby has made the game stronger in this country. It is good to have the 2007 World Cup-winning coach back...
Rugby analyst and SA Rugby Magazine’s Zelim Nel’s ‘forward pass’ video has been labelled irresponsible by South African referee Stuart Berry. Nel’s insistence is that the...
Someone needs to sort out what constitutes a high tackle and what is a rugby collision before the start of the Springboks three-match Test series against...
Handre Pollard has always been the player for the big occasion, be it for Paarl Gym, Western Province Schools, SA Schools, the junior Springboks, the Bulls,...
Jonah Lomu’s four-try demolition of England at my beloved Newlands in Cape Town remains one of the highlights of my rugby writing career. I was privileged...
Bakkies Botha was the Enforcer of all things on a rugby field. The legendary Springboks, Bulls and Toulon hard man, who started his career with the...
The United Rugby Championship is a great name and it will be a great competition, which kills off the stigma that Pro 14 was in any...
South African Rugby had no alternative but to double book whoever qualified for the final of the Rainbow Cup in terms of this weekend’s opening round...
Dougie Heymans, the man Os du Randt described as the toughest prop he ever faced, has passed away. RIP. This is a tribute to the original...
Jesse Kriel’s international rugby career has seen him go from a man who could never get dropped from the Springbok side, to a player with uncertainty...
Please everyone in South African and Bulls rugby, get those medical papers of Cornal Hendricks in order and get him into the Springboks national squad. But...
The Crusaders scored 52 points against the Rebels, won for a fifth successive time in five matches against Australian opposition, finished with a 97 points tournament...
England cricketer Ollie Robinson is as much a racist today as he was nine years ago when he tweeted the most offensive racist and sexist comments,...
I want the Bulls to beat the Sharks in Durban on Saturday and qualify for the Rainbow Cup final, writes Mark Keohane. And it has nothing...
Curwin Bosch will play for the Sharks for the next year, thanks to the guidance of his agent Hilton Houghton and the support of Sharks CEO...
Willie Le Roux, playing with one shoulder, helped win the Springboks the World Cup in 2019. Come July, now fully fit, he will be huge in...
Quietly leaving South Africa at the end of 2020, without registering on any international radar, Jasper Wiese has flipped the script with a Springbok call-up in...
The decision to allow Rassie Erasmus and Jacques Nienaber to unconditionally select the best South African players based overseas transformed the Springboks from 2017 chumps into...
Jean-Luc du Preez, his brother Dan and Jasper Wiese’s starting No 8 stocks have risen dramatically with uncertainty around first choice Duane Vermeulen’s participation in the...
Bulls and Springboks No 8 Duane Vermeulen limped off after 32 minutes in the craziest Pro Rugby Rainbow Cup SA match I’ve ever seen. The Bulls...
Lions centre Wandisile Simelane will be rewarded with a first Springbok squad call-up, but for those Bulls players selected it will mean they will miss the...
Siya Kolisi, to start for the Springboks or not, is simply a rugby discussion. Read the lines and don’t go looking for a racial conspiracy of...
A Bulls side boasting perhaps their most lethal offering of newly signed players since Jake White took over will be too strong and too good for...
After battling injury and illness this year, Eben Etzebeth will be back in time to stare down the British & Irish Lions and to line up...
Steven Kitshoff will start for the Springboks this year, with an undeniable claim to the number 1 jersey. He will, in spectacular fashion, step out of...
Siya Kolisi must be backed unconditionally to lead the Springboks in the three-Test series against the British & Irish Lions. A month spent in the Springboks...
South African born & raised Black Cap Devon Conway arrived in New Zealand as a 26 year-old, averaging just 21.29 in 12 matches for the Lions....
Jean-Luc and Dan du Preez’s imposing form for the Sales Sharks will be rewarded with a Springboks recall when Jacques Nienaber names his first Springboks squad...
The fifth week of the Pro14 Rainbow Cup SA is the biggest in the context of the Bulls and the rest of the South African franchises,...
In a week that there is no South African Rainbow Cup and the Springboks extended squad is in an alignment camp, the focus is on the...
Champions Manchester City were without comparison in the Premier League. Here I pick my heroes and villains from the season. A disclaimer: I am a Liverpool...
The Bulls and Lions will be the least affected teams for their tour matches against the British & Irish Lions. Covid protocols means those players in...
My criticism of Stormers utility back Damian Willemse’s annual salary was based on the player’s indifferent form in the context of a professional franchise that is...
Jan Serfontein appears to be the forgotten man of Springbok rugby, since taking up residency in France in 2017 as Damian De Allende rose to the...
Jake White has confirmed that CJ Stander will not play professional rugby again. White wanted Stander back at the Bulls, where it all started for the...
The cover story of SA Rugby Magazine’s latest issue is of Faf De Klerk, and details the integral part that he will play in the Springboks...
CJ Stander says he still has seven years of rugby in him. Sign him Jake. White has made several brilliant signings since taking charge of the...
Take Western Province rugby’s leadership’s attempt to sugarcoat the situation of the union’s state of health from whence it comes. The turkeys don’t vote for Christmas...
Damian Willemse, for all his potential and occasional brilliance, is not worth a WP salary of R5 million a year … certainly not right now. And...
Siya Kolisi’s 60 minutes for the Sharks against the Stormers was the best South African rugby story of Saturday. Whoever wins the Rainbow Cup SA is...
Toulouse won. Just. But rugby, as an occasion, lost again because of an early red card. This was not the contest the 22-17 score suggests. Springbok...
Cobus Reinach reaffirmed the quality of South Africa’s scrumhalf options for the British & Irish Lions series in July and August. Reinach played the final 20...
Cheslin Kolbe, right now, is the best rugby player in the world. He should also be the highest paid player in the world because he is...
The Springboks have the privilege of boasting the best pair of hookers in world rugby, and a game-plan perfectly suited to rotating the two throughout 80...
The Stormers travel up to a rainy Durban this Saturday to face the Sharks in the second meeting of the two sides in the Pro14 Rainbow...
Handre Pollard will demand a lot of attention on Friday night at Twickenham when Montpellier play in the final of the European Challenge Cup. The following...
Two glorious Saturdays of schoolboy rugby has been halted nationally because of a #Covid cluster outbreak in Gauteng. It defies all common sense. There has not...
The strength and power of the Springboks forwards is such that Saracens strong man Vincent Koch will struggle to make the match-day 23, let alone the...
World Cup winning Springbok winger Makazole Mapimpi has made his way back to his home team, the Sharks, after a season spent successfully in Japan, at...
Bulls coach and 2007 World Cup winning Springboks coach Jake White has backed public sentiment to include veteran flyhalf Morne Steyn for the Springboks Test series...
There has to be a way to match the will of having some form of spectators when the world champion Springboks host the British & Irish...
Bulls coach Jake White gave a coaching masterclass in his team’s 43-9 Rainbow Cup SA battering of the Sharks in Pretoria. He also gave a lesson...
The four Bulls players in the Springboks alignment squad emphatically put one over those Sharks players also in the national equation. Springboks coach Jacques Nienaber and...
Schoolboy rugby in South Africa has lost the plot and Allan Miles believes everything is wrong with schoolboy rugby being determined by which schools have the...
When I think of Juarno Augustus, I think of a wasted rugby talent. But I am not necessarily right because as a mate so eloquently put...
Louis Rees-Zammit’s brother (Taylor) was the first beneficiary of Warren Gatland’s British & Irish Lions selection. He took away more than a thousand pounds courtesy of...
You could call them the shunned Bulls, but several in Jake White’s squad will want to make another statement to the Springbok coaching leadership in Saturday’s...
When the iconic and inspirational Munster, Ireland and British & Irish Lions lock forward and captain Paul O’Connell speaks rugby, you listen. Well, O’Connell, captain of...
Hugo Broos is a train wreck waiting to happen. Forget any five-year plans, he is unlikely to be around in 18 months. Whatever the situation, the...
Ditch the Captain’s Challenge in every competition, just as the Aussies and Kiwis have done for their Trans-Tasman Super Rugby, which starts this weekend. The Rainbow...
Another piece of the Springboks puzzle presented itself with the successful return to competitive rugby of the influential and imposing giant Eben Etzebeth, who will be...
Accusations of my Springboks arrogance are misplaced. I am simply calling it like it is. The British & Irish Lions touring squad is not good enough...
Bulls No 8 Duane Vermeulen’s 60 minute cameo against the Stormers in Cape Town was my South African Rainbow Cup Saturday highlight. Veteran Bulls flyhalf Morne...
Rise Siya Kolisi. Once again, Rise. South Africa’s World Cup-winning captain Siya Kolisi must kill of any perception that rugby is playing second fiddle. And he...
Crusaders coach Razor Robertson has won a fifth Super Rugby title and another All Black, Brad Thorn, won his first coaching title with the Reds in...
Mark Keohane, writing for IOL Sport and the Cape Times details the ridiculous, contradictory nature of Covid restrictions, which will see the British & Irish Lions...
When the Stormers take on the Bulls in the second week of the Rainbow Cup SA, the game will be a battle of the bodies in...
Lions coach Warren Gatland has entrusted the captaincy of his squad to Alun Wyn Jones. It is a mistake. These Lions will take a beating against...
No Billy Vunipola and no CJ Stander. But a thumbs up to Sam Simmonds and Hamish Watson. Mark Keohane believes that British & Irish Lions coach...
Jake White has transformed the Bulls from chumps to champs – and in the process the 2007 Rugby World Cup-winning coach has reminded all South Africans...
Renowned rugby coach Jake White always says the 15 best players, position specific, never make for the best XV. It is why international Barbarians teams, no...
Injury setbacks to World Cup-winning Springboks locking duo Lood de Jager and RG Snyman could provide Leicester’s Jasper Wiese with an international debut against the British...
World Cup-winning Springboks Cheslin Kolbe and Handre Pollard will lead a 21-strong South African contingent in May’s top two respective European Cup and Shield finals. It...
The Springboks have three months before the series opener against British & Irish Lions – and it is looking good for South Africa. As a reminder,...
Slowly but surely, things seem to be falling into place to ensure that the Springboks have the best chance to beat the British & Irish Lions...
The Sharks sneaked a three-point win against the Stormers in the inaugural Rainbow Cup South Africa match, but bigger than the result was Pieter-Steph du Toit...
Proteas veterans Faf du Plessis and AB de Villiers can’t be overlooked for the T20 World Cup – not if form and playing pedigree are the...
Warren Gatland won’t pick England lock Maro Itoje as his British & Irish Lions captain for the eight-match tour of South Africa. But he should, writes...
Siya Kolisi, on his return home, starts in a Sharks team that is powerful enough to beat the Stormers in their new backyard in the first...
The Springboks 2nd stringer starting line-up we picked to beat the British & Irish Lions in a series decider has been finalised. And here’s how 40...
There are stronger words to use, but I’ll settle on ‘disgust’ at how tone deaf every cricketer in the Indian Premier League (IPL) and every coach...
Scotland’s South African-born and raised winger Duhan van der Merwe could be the bolter in Warren Gatland’s 2021 British & Irish Lions touring squad to South...
All Black winger and fullback Nehe Milner-Skudder will play his first Super Rugby game since 2018 when returns to the field for the Highlanders this weekend,...
England World Cup winner and British & Irish rugby legend Jonny Wilkinson is among the most celebrated No 10s to have ever played the game. When...
Damian de Allende is the best No 12 in world rugby. He will also be huge for a victorious Springboks Test series against the British &...
The strength of a national team is just how many would make a World XV. What makes the Springboks so good is that half the side...
In Episode 5 of the War Room, Mark Keohane and Zelim Nel discuss the best Springbok tight five to challenge the touring tighties of the British...
Mark Keohane, on IOL, writes that it works to the Springboks advantage in their preparation for the Test series against the British & Irish Lions having...
Mark Keohane, in the Cape Times and on IOL, reflects on the fact that Proteas cricket coach Mark Boucher has won three of the 13 series...
The War Room, with Mark Keohane and Zelim Nel, is zoned in on the Springbok loose trio in Episode 4, who could take on a British...
Springbok flanker and 2019 World Rugby Player of the year, Pieter-Steph Du Toit, is set to return to the field after 11 and a half months...
Mark Keohane, writing for IOL Sport, reflects on the success of Jose Mourinho over his managerial career as well as his relative success at Spurs –...
South African musician Francois van Coke is set to don a pair of mitts and take on former Springbok flyhalf Derick Hougaard on the 29th of...
The War Room rolls on into Episode 3, where Mark Keohane and Zelim Nel discuss the halfback pairing for the Springboks should Handre Pollard and Faf...
AB de Villiers stood tall in the Indian Premier League and once again made a statement of his batting brilliance. Yet, still there are fools in...
Mark Keohane, writing for the Cape Times and IOL Sport, reflects on Pep Guardiola’s impact on Manchester City and English football as a whole. On the...
Rugby’s “The War Room” is back for Episode 2, and Mark Keohane and Zelim Nel are discussing the wing and centre options that exist for the...
Mark Keohane, in his weekly column for the Cape Times and IOL, reflects on the absurdity of the mental and emotional strain suffered by sports supporters...
Oliver Keohane reflects on just how special a British & Irish Lions tour is, in the context of the time period between visits. I was nine...
It was an action-packed weekend of rugby, and seeing South Africans star overseas has become a consistent joy of the 2021 season. Oliver Keohane picks his...
Mark Keohane, writing for the Cape Times and IOL Sport Earlier this week a mate called me to ask why the British & Irish Lions were...
Mark Keohane, for IOL, writes. AB de Villiers is among an elite group of Indian Premier League (IPL) originals. He was there in 2008 and this...
It’s the British & Irish Lions Tour, Springbok fullback incumbent Willie Le Roux goes down with injury. Who does South Africa pick to fill his boots?...
Mark Keohane, writing in his weekly Cape Times and IOL column Go to Google and type in: ‘social media racial abuse towards soccer players’. This is...
It is a Springboks insurance policy that will age like a good wine, writes Mark Keohane, in assessing the squad he would select to tame the...
A lot can be taken from the PRO14 Final between Leinster and Munster in terms of assessing where South Africa will want to be conditioning-wise and...
Adam Walton writes about Sergio Aguero leaving Man City, “that goal” against QPR and the role Aguero played in his affection for football. I started properly watching...
The general assertion seems to be that the UK’s best, having had more game time than the South Africans, are set to sweep the Springboks come...
Local South African rugby went up a gear this weekend, with enjoyable scorelines country-wide, while Super Rugby Aotearoa remains a joy to behold. Oliver Keohane picks...
Mark Keohane, writing for IOL Sport A very good cricketing mate of mine watched for a few minutes and then declared: ‘This oke can bat’. And...
Mark Keohane, on IOL, writes that the British & Irish Lions tour to South Africa will still be a success, crowds or no crowds. Springboks World...
Mark Keohane, writing for “Keo’s Corner” on IOL Sport The corona pandemic has turned the world upside down but it doesn’t seem to have altered the...
Mark Keohane, The MoneyMan and Zelim Nel discuss the financials, logistics and rugby possibilities now that the British and Irish Lions tour has been confirmed in...
Ellis Genge’s actions and subsequent attitude leave a sour taste in one’s mouth, when you consider the lack of class that has characterised his behaviour, writes...
Jake White’s appointment of sports psychologist Henning Gericke was a masterstroke in the Bulls revival, writes Mark Keohane in the latest SA Rugby magazine. Gericke, the...
It was great to see some classy local rugby action this weekend – with a few Springboks playing again. The New Zealand league continues to impress,...
Mark Keohane, writing for IOL Sport The war is on: Tyson Fury against Anthony Joshua. It will be the biggest fight in British boxing history and...
Mark Keohane, writing for ‘Keo’s Corner’ on IOL Sport If the Proteas men’s team’s international fall has been dramatic over the past two years, the opposite...
Mark Keohane, the MoneyMan and Zelim Nel discuss the Six Nations weekend that lies ahead, and look to France’s title hopes.
The Blues have everything to prove when they host the Crusaders in what should be the clash of the weekend, writes Oliver Keohane. There’s Six Nations...
In the third installation of “Weekend Moments”, Oliver Keohane looks at a 0-0 draw, powerful Blues pack and a piece of individual brilliance in the North...
Adam Walton reevaluates the standing of Arsenal Football club, 28 weeks into the Premier League season. For Arsenal supporters, the most soul-crushing moment from last season...
Mark Keohane, writing for IOL Sport Sonny Bill Williams may have worn New Zealand black but he could comfortably have been wearing green and gold, such...
Viva Temba. If you don’t agree, don’t bother reading any further because you will be offended, writes Mark Keohane on IOL. To hell with the usual...
Mark Keohane, writing for “Keo’s Corner” on IOL Sport What a week it will prove for Mamelodi Sundowns when its owner and inspiration Patrice Motsepe today...
Oliver Keohane celebrates the career of Sonny Bill Williams, and his impact as a rugby player and sporting superstar. “Hold the ball with two f*cking hands,...
The absolute panic in South Africa about the state of Springbok rugby needs to be reassessed, writes Mark Keohane. The Springboks haven’t played a Test since...
The Crusaders powered their way to a 33-16 win over the Hurricanes and affirmed, beyond the obvious fact of them being a class above, that the...
In the second installation of “weekend moments”, Oliver Keohane reflects on three sporting moments from Friday to Sunday that sparked joy and excitement. KOLBE CONTINUES TO...
Mark Keohane, writing for IOL Sport. Keane was the hard man of Manchester United and he is the hard man of football’s television analysts. The sporting...
Mark Keohane, writing for IOL Sport England rugby coach Eddie Jones refused to answer the question about referee Pascal Gauzere’s obviously incorrect decisions that resulted in...
80 kilogram winger Jona Nareki’s ridiculous three-try performance against the Chiefs this weekend is another addition to a Cheslin-Kolbe spearheaded trend that shows up World Rugby’s...
Mark Keohane, writing in “Keo’s Corner” for IOL ‘Toxic, embarrassing, disgraceful, appalling. Just some of the feedback, I’ve had. Thanks for using the @sign, so it’s...
In a season of big signings but mixed selections, Mason Mount has survived and thrived under both of Chelsea’s managers, and continues to be the constant...
As New Zealand welcomes their second round of Super Rugby Aotearoa, Oliver Keohane looks at two steppers, one from each match, who have the ability to...
Antonio Conte changed the traditional nature of English football with the formational revelation of the “full back” which has proved to become a recipe for success...
On Tuesday morning All Black and Highlanders scrumhalf Aaron Smith recommitted to New Zealand Rugby for the next three years. Beyond the stability that the signing...
As a lover of sport as a whole, and primarily rugby and soccer, the lack of action across the board during 2020 put into perspective the...
Mark Keohane, writing for IOL Sport The conversation in womens tennis has dramatically and emphatically shifted. Serena Williams, still full of pomp and panache as she...
Mark Keohane, on IOL, writes Clive Woodward must have taken a few knocks during his playing days. How else does one explain his choice of Jonny...
Mark Keohane, writing for IOL Sport I loved watching Tiger on the prowl in the final round of any Major. The intensity, the expectation and the...
Mark Keohane, the MoneyMan and James Dalton preview the third round of the Six Nations.
Super Rugby Aotearoa 2021 will be a pleasure to watch, as it was in 2020, but the outcome has already been scripted, writes Oliver Keohane. Scott...
South African born and raised Devon Conway is owning the T20 arena in New Zealand. He is the latest in a list of South Africans to...
West Ham versus Tottenham was a clash of old school ways, a battle of managerial dinosaurs, writes Adam Walton. In 2013, a meeting between David Moyes...
Mark Keohane, writing for IOL Sport Even in this most recent of eras, which spans two decades, it remains a debate as to who is the...
Dan Carter played the Springboks 19 times. Mark Keohane picks his top five Carter displays against the men in green and gold. All Blacks 20-18. 2015...
Iconic All Blacks flyhalf Dan Carter won 79 percent of the Test matches he played against the Springboks in an incredibly dominant international career. Mark Keohane...
Mark Keohane, writing for IOL Sport An SA Cricket Magazine headline this week read: ‘Faf du Plessis’ brilliant Test career: The stats’. It was a very...
Mark Keohane, writing for IOL Sport Every so often it happens that a sporting week doesn’t quite go as planned. For the past 30 years I...
Criticism and support can coexist. Switching your brain on, doesn’t mean switching your heart off, writes Ryan Vrede. I wish I wasn’t emotionally invested in Liverpool...
Ryan Vrede writes that Liverpool will be a domestic and European force again, but right now nobody fears them. Liverpool has lost something far more significant...
The MoneyMan team sits down for their weekly “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly” to discuss the highs and lows of the weekend’s Premier League...
In the last few weeks, a crack of light has begun shining through the St James’ Park tunnel writes Adam Walton. The tumultuous life of a...
Mark Keohane, writing for IOL Sport England’s Stuart Broad and James Anderson are ranked second and third in the Test rankings for bowlers. Broad turns 35...
Mark Keohane, writing for IOL Sport I like Eddie Jones. He is great for the promotion of the game. He has a wonderful sense of humour,...
Mark Keohane, writing for Keo’s Corner in the Cape Times and IOL Pitso Mosimane’s African giants Al Ahly lost to European champions Bayern Munich earlier this...
The ageist nature of Sport needs to be called into question writes Oliver Keohane. Sport has a crass relationship with age. Young talents are thrust into...
Roger Tuivasa-Sheck is set to start 2021 at the Blues, and the Rugby World waits anxiously to see whether he can translate his talents from the...
Mark Keohane, writing for IOL Sport I want Rafa Nadal to win the Australian Open men’s title. I want him to make history in claiming a...
Mark Keohane, writing for IOL Sport There isn’t a heck of a lot I hate about rugby’s Six Nations. I have a lot of love for...
Mark Keohane, writing for IOL Sport The planet’’s biggest Tech companies continue to insist they are doing all they can to fight online racism and homophobia....
While Curwin Bosch had opportunities to win the Sharks the final, it was the Bulls’ collective effort, rather than Bosch’s erring boot that decided the result.
The problems at Western Province rugby are layered, and everyone involved needs to step up and start taking accountability writes James Dalton. I never want to...
Back to back action, as Round 12 ends and Round 13 begins. Check out the score predictions from the MoneyMan, MoneyBoy and Shakes Rampedi.
Southampton are reaping the rewards of their loyalty to manager Ralph Hassenhütle, and the calm and intelligent process that facilitated his appointment writes Adam Walton. In...
Mark Keohane, writing for The Cape Times and IOL Sport Common sense has to prevail when it comes to getting rugby fans back into the stadiums...
Mark Keohane, for ‘Keo’s Corner’ in the Cape Times and IOL Sport Those English national squad ODI cricketers, who have been in South Africa for the...
Mark Keohane, the MoneyMan and James Dalton look to the South African rugby clashes this weekend in their Currie Cup preview.
The MoneyMan team are back to preview the 12th Match Day of the Premier League, and give their score predictions for each match. LEEDS UNITED V...
Brisbane’s Suncorp Stadium is fast becoming Ellis Park to the All Blacks. There was a time when the All Blacks were always spooked when playing at...
As appearing in IOL Sport An old Bishops boy, Eric Melville, arrived in France as a 19 year old and became the first South African to...
The MoneyMan and I are picking a different winner when the Bulls host the Sharks in Pretoria for Round 3 of Super Rugby unlocked.
Credit to the players for actually wanting to play in front of no-one at Newlands. The concept of the match – to honour Newlands through the...
Siya Kolisi is the Springbok dream the late President Nelson Mandela refused to give up on, but it took 30 years to come to fruition, and...
The match officials should be red carded for getting it so wrong with the Lood de Jager straight red-card sending off, writes Mark Keohane. De Jager...
Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu was the Player of the Match against France, but he dedicated everything to the influence of Springboks captain and South Africa’s 9th Test Centurion...
Springboks captain Siya Kolisi returns to the Stade de France for his own Centurion coronation two years after the collective coronation of winning the 2023 Rugby...
The 2025/26 EPCR season kicks off on 5 December, as the road to Bilbao 2026 Finals begins. 50% of tickets already sold for the Bilbao Finals,...
The Steco moment from the Springboks’ 61‑7 demolition of Japan belonged to Sacha Feinberg‑Mngomezulu — and everyone on Keo & Zels agreed. As Keo said straight after the match, “Sacha FM,...
The Springboks were ruthless at Wembley as they demolished Japan 61–7 in a performance that was both clinical and explosive. The Boks raced to a 26–0...
Springboks hooker Bongi Mbonambi has the perfection playing opportunity for the South African-powered Barbarians FC against the All Blacks XV, writes Mark Keohane. Stormers rugby boss...
Rassie Erasmus continues to entertain with his Bok selections, writes Mark Keohane. Wilco Louw comes off the bench at tighthead and Pieter-Steph du Toit does not...
The Stormers are unbeaten, the Lions are unpredictable, and the Bulls continue to frustrate. Round 5 of the URC told us plenty. John Dobson’s Stormers capped...
