Duane to dominate on return to Test rugby
Duane Vermeulen’s return to Test rugby this coming weekend will be colossal for the Springboks Rugby Championship campaign, because he was built for the... Read more
There is beauty in this beast of a Boks team
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... Read more
World Champion Boks will wallop Wallabies wimps
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... Read more
In defence of the Currie Cup
The Currie Cup still has significance and prestige to every South African rugby player and there is a defence to be made for the... Read more
Here’s to Hooper, the Wallabies one-man-band
Wallabies captain Michael Hooper is among the best players on the field every week, regardless of result or opposition . But his efforts have... Read more
Quade Cooper has to be trusted to combat Springboks
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... Read more
Buckle in for the Boks Rugby Championship extravaganza
This is the the month of international rugby that couldn’t come soon enough because it means the world champion Springboks play the All Blacks,... Read more
Akira Ioane’s coming of age bodes well for the All Blacks
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... Read more
Kolbe, Aplon & Paulse a triumph of skill over size
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.... Read more
Rugby is high risk. Stop trying to sanitize the sport
Rugby union is being compromised in the name of player safety. It is nonsense, writes Mark Keohane. Professional rugby is a risk sport and... Read more
That’s 21 in a row for Jake as Bulls bury Province
Jake White’s Vodacom Bulls won for a 21st successive time at Loftus to bury Western Province and end the visitors miserable Currie Cup campaign,... Read more
All Blacks are Fall Blacks when it comes to Gender Based Violence
The All Blacks like to preach on all forms of morality from a pedestal so high you wonder whether there is an oxygen supply... Read more
The hidden truth behind Siya’s Springboks
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... Read more
Jake hits bullseye with Bismarck
Jake White has nailed it with the signing of the old bull Bismarck du Plessis, writes Mark Keohane. Du Plessis is still good enough... Read more
South Africans, it’s okay to be bullish about the URC
Back Jake White’s Vodacom Bulls to be a title contender in the inaugural United Rugby Championship. Back the Sharks and even the Stormers to... Read more
Kolbe’s rich reward for being the best player in the world
Cheslin Kolbe is the best rugby player in the world – and now his professional playing contract is befitting the game’s most sought after... Read more