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And the world continues to be turned upside down in 2020. The original James Bond is dead and so is the aura of the All Blacks...
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...
For the record: The Springboks future participation in the Rugby Championship is three years (until 2023) and not 10 years as reported by Sanzaar. SA Rugby...
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...
Lions captain Elton Jantjies has been the standout performer in the opening fortnight of Super Rugby Unlocked. His display against the Stormers at Newlands was brilliant....
The All Blacks, as a collective, are some way off a top two team, but individually they still have enough genius to deliver knockout blows. Cue...
Mark Keohane, in Independent Media and IOL, writes that Richie McCaw’s mighty marines led the pack but Sam Cane’s foot soldiers are very much part of...
As appearing in IOL Sport On the 17th May this year, on these very pages, I wrote the following opening paragraph: Sport with no fans? Get...
As appearing in the Cape Times and IOL The Springboks’ World Cup 2019 journey has been documented in a five-part series called ‘Chasing the Sun’. The...
The Springboks are the World Cup holders, ranked one in the world and currently the world champions. Deservedly so because there wasn’t a better team in...
As appearing in IOL Sport It is an incredible statistic that Cheslin Kolbe has started just 10 Test matches and played just 14 times for the...
As appearing in “Keo’s Corner”, in The Cape Times and IOL Sport Saturday, 26th September heralds the return to action for South Africa’s four Super Rugby franchises...
Did you know that scrumhalf Alf Larard scored the try and right wing Tom Hepburn kicked the conversion in South Africa’s first ever win against the...
Private equity ownership, by way of a majority shareholding, is the only future for a successful professional rugby franchise. Broadcasting deals, once the paymaster to rugby...
.As appearing in “Keo’s corner” in the Cape Times and IOL Sport Springboks Green versus Springbok Gold – the 46 best South African-based Springbok contenders. An...
Nothing good can come of the Springboks’ participation in this year’s Rugby Championship, having played significantly less rugby than their counterparts.
