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...
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 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...
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...
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,...
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 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...
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...
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...
It took the Bulls 99 minutes to subdue the Sharks but it would have been the biggest implosion had the hosts not won their first Currie...
Criticism of the standard of play in the Currie Cup is valid but in these crazy Covid times, the players must be cut some slack for...
Mark Keohane, on IOL, lists his five sporting wishes for 2021 – and top of the list is to see the world champion Springboks play a...
Mark Keohane, writing for IOL Sport Jake White did a brilliant job in turning the Springboks from the jokers of World Rugby in 2003 to the...
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...
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...