Weekend Recap: Bulls lead the charge as Sharks, Lions bow out of EPCR Challenge Cup

The Bulls battered Bayonne to advance to the Challenge Cup quarter-finals while Lyon landed a knockout blow to the Sharks’ title-defence and Edinburgh eliminated... Read more

Weekend Recap: Bulls go Big as SA sides stumble

It was a mixed weekend for the South African franchises. The Bulls delivered a 9-try hammering of Zebre in Pretoria, but it was pain... Read more

Keo & Zels: URC Playoff race heats up!

The Bulls and Sharks may be in the top four, but after narrow escapes last weekend, there’s no cruising yet. The Stormers are stuck... Read more

Weekend recap: Bulls, Stormers and Sharks claim vital wins

The Bulls clinched it late against Leinster, showing grit in a tight contest at Loftus. The Stormers kept their momentum rolling with a composed... Read more

Andre the Giant not that big when he talks

Springboks centre Andre Esterhuizen is a physical giant. He isn’t quite as big when it comes to rugby intelligence, writes Mark Keohane. Esterhuizen, in... Read more

Fired up Fourie would be fantastic for Springboks

I would pick Deon Fourie for the Springboks this season and view him as an insurance policy for the 2023 World Cup in France,... Read more

Sharks splash big numbers on the wrong number

The Sharks spending spree continues but until they get a world class No 10, they will be more pretender than contender when it comes... 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

Please South Africa, it is an insult to applaud the Sharks mediocrity

Please don’t applaud or celebrate a team losing 71-31. To do so is to insult the Sharks. It isn’t a compliment, writes Mark Keohane. ... Read more

Farrell in a class of his own as Lions savage Sharks

Owen Farrell was the biggest beneficiary from a Covid enforced British & Irish Lions starting XV backline reshuffle with a flyhalf performance that will... Read more

British & Irish Lions will smash Sharks

The good news is the British & Irish Lions will play the Sharks at Emirates Airline Park on Wednesday evening. The bad news for... Read more

Siya, Pieter-Steph & Duane win & lose on the same day

Siya Kolisi’s 60 minutes for the Sharks against the Stormers was the best South African rugby story of Saturday. Whoever wins the Rainbow Cup... Read more

Bulls Boks foursome awesome in Loftus win

The four Bulls players in the Springboks alignment squad emphatically put one over those Sharks players also in the national equation. Springboks coach Jacques... Read more

Bok watch – Duane Vermeulen fires in Rainbow Cup

Bulls No 8 Duane Vermeulen’s 60 minute cameo against the Stormers in Cape Town was my South African Rainbow Cup Saturday highlight. Veteran Bulls... Read more

Duane’s defiant Bulls are the Kings of the Currie Cup

It took the Bulls 99 minutes to subdue the Sharks but it would have been the biggest implosion had the hosts not won their... Read more

Bosch butchers Province as Lions implode against Bulls

Curwin Bosch’s boot butchered Western Province in the Currie Cup semi-finals, but the home team’s lack of rugby intelligence caused as much of the... Read more