Francois Pienaar rated greatest No 6 in rugby history
The 1995 World Cup-winning Springbok captain Francois Pienaar was rated the greatest No 6 to ever play Test rugby in a global poll of... Read more
Mr President: Where is the science in the sporting number 2000?
President Ramaphosa this week spoke of there being no science to ban travel from South Africa, but Mr President where is the science... Read more
Lukhanyo Am: Cool, calm and full of class
Lukhanyo Am was outstanding for the Springboks in 2021 and his Man of the Match performance upon returning to domestic rugby was just further... Read more
Super Siya takes the crown of best in 2021
Siya Kolisi is my player of the year in 2021, writes Mark Keohane. He has been everything you want in a Test player and... Read more
100 years on: Kolisi & Savea showcase rugby’s racial change
If you want to know just how much change there has been when it comes to race and rugby in 2021, go back to... Read more
Springboks have perfect balance between north and south
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... Read more
Don’t move on from world rugby’s prejudice, privilege & racism
Let it go with Rassie, people tell me every day. Let’s move on. We made our point. Nonsense, writes Mark Keohane. The only point... Read more
World Rugby needs a REVOLUTION
Dave Rennie said sorry for his referee rant – and life goes on without sanction. Rassie Erasmus, forced to say sorry, spends 10 months... Read more
World Rugby’s silence on Rennie’s rant stinks
Wallabies coach Dave Rennie broke World Rugby’s rules in publicly attacking the performance of the referee in his team’s defeat to Wales. In the... Read more
The best three Boks of 2021
This current Springbok team is made so special by the quality of player that runs from one to 23, and their success has been... Read more
B-PLUS for bruising BOKS
The world champion Springboks were two minutes away from a Grade A season, but still they can take pride from an exceptional international return... Read more
How Rassie transformed the Springboks
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... Read more
Boks brace themselves for another referee shocker
The Springboks will again have to be outstanding to win because they won’t be done any favours by a referee with a history of... Read more
Rassie latest: World Rugby’s racists nail Siya for speaking up
A white coach stands up for his black captain against a white referee and World Rugby fines the black captain and tries to take... Read more
Magical Mapimpi a master of the finishing arts
Makazole Mapimpi’s calm character and ego-less approach to the media make it easy to forget that out on his left wing he has mastered... Read more
Eddie Jones on the challenge of world champion Springboks
Eddie Jones likened the world champion Springboks to a heavyweight boxing contest against George Foreman, but felt his team could do a Muhammad Ali... Read more