Bordeaux arrived at Loftus as reigning Investec Champions Cup winners and played like a side intent on keeping the crown. The French giants dismantled a disjointed...
The Bulls are backing their Boks to bully champions Bordeaux of France in this weekend’s opening round of the Investec Champions Cup, writes Mark Keohane. Every...
South Africa, at Test level, rules the rugby world, but in the Investec Champions Cup, the toughest club competition in the sport, the winning of the...
The global rugby press reaction to the Springboks 73-0 slaughter of Wales in Cardiff was split three ways: awe at the Boks, horror at Wales, and...
Andre ‘The Giant’ Esterhuizen led the charge at the Principality as the Springboks took the sword to the throat of the Welsh Dragons, Mark Keohane. Esterhuizen was...
There will be no let off from Rassie Erasmus’s Springboks in their final Test of 2025 in Cardiff against Wales, and that is the attitude there...
The world’s media lauded the dominance of the Springboks in Dublin against Ireland and were awed at the physicality of the world champions and No 1...
The All Blacks, France and England won the big three match-ups this weekend, outside of the heavyweight battle in Dublin between the Springboks and Ireland. The...
The Boks won by 11 points in Dublin, and the No 11 is often called a “master number” in numerology, and is thought to represent intuition, insight,...
Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu is the playmaker the Springboks have not had at No 10 in their last four Tests against an Ireland team, who have found a...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
With the 2019 Super Rugby season finally underway, Mark Keohane, on IOL Sport, shares his Rants and Raves after the first weekend’s action. Rants 1. Robbie...