Jacques Nienaber has complimented his fringe Springbok players and not insulted Wales by making 14 changes to his run-on XV, writes Mark Keohane. This is not...
The Springbok coaches have snubbed Stormers No 8 Evan Roos and Bulls captain Marcel Coetzee. Neither are part of the first Springboks alignment camp for 2022,...
Rassie Erasmus, post the 2023 Rugby World Cup, must head to England with the blessing of all Springbok supporters. He has done his job in South...
Damian de Allende, in a 30 minute cameo for Munster, towered above all other South African backs at Loftus in the United Rugby Championship. Springbok midfielder...
The Springboks would never be the current world champions or the No 1 ranked team in the world without their overseas based superstars. Appreciate their worth,...
Siya Kolisi is my player of the year in 2021, writes Mark Keohane. He has been everything you want in a Test player and a leader....
The Springboks would not be a top five Test team if they did not pick overseas-based South African players, writes Mark Keohane. Sir Ian McGeechan’s comments...
The world champion Springboks were two minutes away from a Grade A season, but still they can take pride from an exceptional international return in 2021,...
Rassie Erasmus’s legacy is the transformation of the Springboks. It is his greatest victory, writes Mark Keohane. Rassie Erasmus’s Springboks have achieved great things since 2018,...
A white coach stands up for his black captain against a white referee and World Rugby fines the black captain and tries to take the white...
I believe the Springboks will beat Scotland but if they don’t it will be because of Scotland’s South African-born and raised scrum coach and former French ...
Aphelele Fassi scored his first Test try with his first touch after just 36 seconds. But the wait for more game time is proving elusive to...
The wrong person is under cross examination from World Rugby this weekend. Australian referee Nic Berry is the one who should be in the dock, writes...
The all-South African loose trio of Hanro Liebenberg, Jasper Wiese and Marco Van Staden have been at the heart of Leicester Tiger’s early dominance of the...
Blood the new in 2022. There is plenty of time to refresh, rejuvenate and reinvigorate the Springboks for their 2023 World Cup defence, writes Mark Keohane. ...
Thank you Morne Steyn for inspiring this rugby-mad young boy with your blue kicking tee and mercurial boots, writes Oliver Keohane. I was a nine year...