Sam Cane’s awful All Blacks strip away the mystique of the black jersey
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... Read more
Perspective for & about the Springboks, please South Africa
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... Read more
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... Read more
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... Read more
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... Read more
The British & Irish Lions are the greatest event in world rugby
The British & Irish Lions in South Africa in 2021 is ON. It’s official, raves Mark Keohane. The dates and venues all stay the... Read more
Enforcing the reality of Bakkies Botha & giving perception the red card
Bakkies Botha was the Enforcer of all things on a rugby field. The legendary Springboks, Bulls and Toulon hardman, who started his career with... Read more
‘Hands off Rassie’, says SA Rugby boss Alexander
South African Rugby Union boss Mark Alexander has told the world it is ‘hands off’ when it comes to Director of Rugby and World... Read more
Why the British & Irish Lions will roar in South Africa in 2021
Mark Keohane, on IOL, writes the British & Irish Lions in South Africa in 2021 won’t be a traditional tour but the biggest sporting... Read more
Treat Siya’s Boks as mortals & cut them some slack
Life will never be the same for Siya Kolisi and his all-conquering World Champion Rainbow Warriors, writes Mark Keohane in his Independent Media and... Read more
Watershed World Cup for South Africa
Mark Keohane, in his Cape Times column, writes that the authentic transformation of the Springboks makes this World Cup campaign the most significant in... Read more
Bet on the Boks to beat Japan by 20 points
Mark Keohane in his Independent Media and IOL Sport Rugby World Cup daily column, is super confident the Springboks will prove too powerful for... Read more
These Springboks are unified & transformed
Mark Keohane, for Independent Media’s print publications and IOL Sport, writes that he has never experienced a Springbok team as united as the one... Read more
Bok brilliance against minnows must not mask failures against All Blacks
Mark Keohane, in his Independent Media and IOL Sport daily World Cup column, writes that as wonderful as it was to watch the Boks... Read more
Referees continue to flounder at Rugby World Cup
Wayne Barnes and Nigel Owens are comfortably the best referees in world rugby. Yet both couldn’t make the most obvious and decisive calls when... Read more
Why it makes sense for Boks to start with Bongi
Mark Keohane, writing in Independent Media and IOL Sport, gives Mbongeni Mbonambi’s selection to start against Italy the thumbs up. I think Malcolm Marx,... Read more
