The stars are aligning for the Springboks, as they did in 2007
Mark Keohane, writing for Independent Media, believes everything is starting to point to a Springboks World Cup triumph in Japan, 12 years after the... Read more
Chester’s legacy lives on through wife Maria
Chester Williams will get a colossal send-off at Newlands on Saturday, but there couldn’t have been a more applicable and poignant celebration of the... Read more
The myth of All Blacks Polynesian player poaching
Mark Keohane, in his IOL Rugby World Cup watch, rubbishes the belief that the All Blacks are the big poaches of Polynesian talent. The... Read more
Chester Williams – Leaving a legacy of greatness
CAPE TOWN – “Great dad, great husband, great son, great friend and great rugby player.” This was Chester Williams’s response with that characteristic big... Read more
Lukhanyo Am is South African rugby’s best outside centre
Mark Keohane’s Independent Media’s Rants and Raves for IOL Sport, following Super Rugby’s 8th Round. TOP RAVE: Please stay fit for the World Cup... Read more
Rants and Raves: Damian Willemse the Stormers’ best back
Mark Keohane’s Independent Media Rants and Raves following Super Rugby 2019’s seventh round. TOP RAVE Damian Willemse glowed at No 15 for the Stormers... Read more
Super Rugby Rants and Raves: Lauding Leyds
Mark Keohane’s Independent Media Rants and Raves following round 6 of Super Rugby. TOP RAVE Dillyn Leyds remains one of my favourite South African... Read more
Sport’s unifying role following the Christchurch massacre
Mark Keohane, writing for the Cape Times, speaks of the unifying role sport has to play following the tragedy of the mosque shooting in... Read more
Handre Pollard remains South Africa’s most complete flyhalf
Mark Keohane’s Independent Media Rants and Raves following a weekend of Super Rugby, Sevens and Six Nations. TOP RAVE: Handre Pollard remains South Africa’s... Read more
Rants and Raves from the epic Loftus clash
My Rants and Raves for Independent Media’s IOL following the thrilling Springbok, All Black return clash. TOP RAVE Siya Kolisi’s physicality is at the... Read more
Notshe should start against All Blacks
Sikhumbuzo Notshe, in the absence of Warren Whiteley, should be Rassie’s go to guy at number 8 for the much anticipated clash against the... Read more
Boks not skilled enough to win in New Zealand, says Dalton
Former Springbok hooker James Dalton and Keo, in their Biting the Bullet podcast, look ahead to the Springboks’s Test against the All Blacks in... Read more
Centre shift for Pollard, Willemse to ten?
While Handre Pollard is currently the first choice flyhalf in the country, he is certainly not settled. Evidently neither is the rest of the... Read more
Keo and James Dalton address the issues surrounding the Mendoza abberation
Keo and former Springbok hooker James Dalton, in the latest episode of Biting The Bullet, look back at the Springboks’ woeful performance in Argentina... Read more
Rugby Championship Round 2 betting preview: Head vs Heart
Keo and the Oracle have got the Boks to do the double over Argentina, while both are expecting big wins for the All Blacks... Read more
Head vs Heart betting preview: Rugby Championship Round 1
Keo and the Oracle are back to place their bets for the Rugby Championship. The money is on a win for the Boks, will this... Read more