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...
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...
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...
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...
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 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)...
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...
Mark Keohane, writing for IOL Sport, in a series reflecting on the 1995 Rugby World Cup. Jonah Lomu in 1994 played his first ever match on...
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...
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,...
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...