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Spirit of Springboks stronger than ever

As appearing in Keo’s Corner in the Cape Times and IOL Sport The spirit of Siya Kolisi’s triumphant Springbok Rugby World Cup winning Rainbow Warriors, is...

Lions ticket ballot goes live – but relax you have until 16th September

Beautiful. Today (Wednesday, 10.30 SA time) you can finally register your interest for tickets to the British & Irish Lions eight-match rugby carnival in South Africa...

Why South African Rugby must move North in order to move forward

In a rugby year hamstrung by the Coronavirus, with Super Rugby hanging by a thread, the only logical move for the South African Super Rugby franchises...

Lions v Springboks like three World Cup finals in succession – McGeechan

As written in IOL Sport The iconic Ian McGeechan, pre the 2009 Lions tour to South Africa, told the award-winning Guardian Newspaper’s South African-born sports writer...

Messi’s mental rejuvenation can only come with Pep

Written for IOL Sport Confession up front. I am all Liverpool. Another confession: If the world is to see Lionel Messi’s career rejuvenation at 33 years-old,...

Kallis was the complete cricketer, and he is one of ours

I wrote this week, in my  “Keo’s corner” column for IOL Sport, that there is so much negativity in the sporting world and there is so...

There must not be a beheading of the Kings

The MoneyMan and I sat down to chat about the current situation regarding the Southern Kings, and why they cannot be abandoned by SA Rugby.

Where to for Lionel Messi?

I sat down with the MoneyMan to discuss where Messi may go after Barcelona, and why re-uniting with Pep Guardiola would make for a Hollywood ending

Not taking a knee does not make a player a racist

Mark Keohane, in the Cape Times and on IOL, writes that South Africa’s Sports Minister Nathi Mthethwa was offside in going public in questioning SA Rugby’s...

Players have every right to not take the knee

Springbok supporters will smile at affordable Lions ticket prices

SA Rugby and the British & Irish Lions have nailed it with a four-tier ticketing structure that will make the Lions eight match tour to South...

Du Preez bros give a reminder to Bok coaches

Never has the form of a South African rugby player based overseas been more crucial to the prospects of the world champion Springboks. The Boks, Rugby...

Sad former Springboks coach Peter de Villiers rats on his prejudiced self

The only rat is Peter de Villiers. The former Springboks coach needs reminding of himself and his infamous press conferences, of which there were many. He...

Professional sport simply has to return to South African stadiums

Mark Keohane, writing for Cape Times and IOL in Keo’s Corner The mentality in South Africa when it comes to sport has to be one of...

Saluting South African Rugby’s leadership

South African Rugby Union CE Jurie Roux delivered the most powerful and poignant of messages to the South African rugby public on all things Springboks, Super...

Mark Keohane recalls the magic of Madiba’s iconic SA Rugby Mag photo

My magical Madiba moment came in 2006 when I was privileged to be part of a historic SA Rugby Magazine cover shoot at his Houghton Residence,...