There may still be victory in Sunday’s defeat for the Springboks – but it won’t feel like it for the next 24 hours. For now, the...
Handre Pollard’s hazardous outing off the tee on Sunday afternoon cost the Springboks eight points and stood in stark contrast to Wallabies counterpart Quade Cooper, emphasising...
Back the Boks against the Wallabies – not because of patriotism but because they are the best team in the world. The expectation must be that...
Eddie Jones’s comments about Rassie Erasmus are as big a joke as his England team was in the 2019 World Cup final, writes Mark Keohane. Jones...
Springbok coach Jacques Nienaber has entrusted his Lion-taming Boks to deal with the challenge of the Wallabies. He has respected the occasion of the Rugby Championship...
These Wallabies are wimps. Siya Kolisi’s world champion Springboks will wallop them, writes Mark Keohane. It will be champ up against chump and the scoreboard will...
Wallabies captain Michael Hooper is among the best players on the field every week, regardless of result or opposition . But his efforts have been rendered...
Quade Cooper is the obvious choice to start at flyhalf against the Springboks, writes Oliver Keohane. The 21 year-old Noah Lolesio is not yet the answer. James...
Akira Ioane’s recent performances for the All Blacks in the number 6 jersey suggest that a special talent is finally coming of age in the Test...
Cheslin Kolbe’s record-breaking transfer from Toulouse to Toulon is a triumph for skill in a game obsessed with physicality and size, writes Mark Keohane. But don’t...
Rugby union is being compromised in the name of player safety. It is nonsense, writes Mark Keohane. Professional rugby is a risk sport and because of...
Siya Kolisi’s boys are not the boring Boks the world is making them out to be. Here’s some analysis to challenge every perception there is on...
Jake White has nailed it with the signing of the old bull Bismarck du Plessis, writes Mark Keohane. Du Plessis is still good enough to play...
Cheslin Kolbe is the best rugby player in the world – and now his professional playing contract is befitting the game’s most sought after entertainer, writes...
One of New Zealand’s most prominent rugby writers has declared the Springboks the best team on the planet & one of the finest All Blacks midfielders...
Rassie, never surrender to World Rugby’s attempts to bully and bury you. South Africa stands with you, writes Mark Keohane. Rassie Erasmus goes on trial on...