26 years on: Lomu’s phenomenal four tries against England
Jonah Lomu’s four-try demolition of England at my beloved Newlands in Cape Town remains one of the highlights of my rugby writing career. I... Read more
Carter’s big five performances against the Springboks
Dan Carter played the Springboks 19 times. Mark Keohane picks his top five Carter displays against the men in green and gold. All Blacks... Read more
Dan Carter’s deadly numbers against the Springboks
Iconic All Blacks flyhalf Dan Carter won 79 percent of the Test matches he played against the Springboks in an incredibly dominant international career.... Read more
What I love and hate about the Six Nations
Mark Keohane, writing for IOL Sport There isn’t a heck of a lot I hate about rugby’s Six Nations. I have a lot of... Read more
Mark Keohane’s 5 sporting wishes for 2021
Mark Keohane, on IOL, lists his five sporting wishes for 2021 – and top of the list is to see the world champion Springboks... Read more
Hello 2021 & goodbye 2020 – Mark Keohane’s 5 sporting highs & lows revisited
Mark Keohane, on IOL, welcomes 2021 and identifies the good and bad of his 2020 sporting year. All strength to everyone in 2021 and... Read more
Super Sanchez sinks All Blacks in history-making Pumas win
And the world continues to be turned upside down in 2020. The original James Bond is dead and so is the aura of the... Read more
Brisbane bogey strikes as All Blacks lose to Wallabies
Brisbane’s Suncorp Stadium is fast becoming Ellis Park to the All Blacks. There was a time when the All Blacks were always spooked when... Read more
Jurie Roux leads SA Rugby & Springboks into the new world
For the record: The Springboks future participation in the Rugby Championship is three years (until 2023) and not 10 years as reported by Sanzaar.... Read more
All Blacks sensation Caleb Clarke kills off Wallabies
The All Blacks, as a collective, are some way off a top two team, but individually they still have enough genius to deliver knockout... Read more
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
All Blacks will win, but it won’t be a beating
New coaches, many uncapped players for both squads, and over a year since the two sides last played each other. This Saturday’s Bledisloe Cup... 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
Turgid to watch, terrific that it happened as Green Boks suffocate Gold Boks
Credit to the players for actually wanting to play in front of no-one at Newlands. The concept of the match – to honour Newlands... Read more
Majority tickets to SA residents in British & Irish Lions bargain
The ticket ballot for the British & Irish Lions eight match tour to South Africa opens in South Africa at 10am on 2nd September... Read more
Du Preez bros give a reminder to Bok coaches
Never has the form of a South African rugby player based overseas been more crucial to the prospects of the world champion Springboks. The... Read more