04 Sep
As appearing in Keo's Corner in the Cape Times and IOL Sport
The spirit of Siya Kolisi’s triumphant Springbok Rugby World Cup winning Rainbow Warriors, is as strong today as it was close to a...
Tag Archives: Springboks
04 Aug
The only rat is Peter de Villiers. The former Springboks coach needs reminding of himself and his infamous press conferences, of which there were many. He also never picked a black player to start...
21 Jul
South African Rugby Union CE Jurie Roux delivered the most powerful and poignant of messages to the South African rugby public on all things Springboks, Super Rugby and #BlackLivesMatter, writes Mark Keohane.Roux, composed and...
15 Jul
The British & Irish Lions in South Africa in 2021 is ON. It's official, raves Mark Keohane.The dates and venues all stay the same. Get ready to be rocked with rugby's biggest carnival.It is...
14 May
Bakkies Botha was the Enforcer of all things on a rugby field. The legendary Springboks, Bulls and Toulon hardman, who started his career with the Falcons, was the master of his art.Botha had a...
11 Feb
South African Rugby Union boss Mark Alexander has told the world it is ‘hands off’ when it comes to Director of Rugby and World Cup-winning coach Rassie Erasmus.Alexander, with the support of his executive...
10 Dec
Mark Keohane, on IOL, writes the British & Irish Lions in South Africa in 2021 won't be a traditional tour but the biggest sporting event in South Africa since the FIFA 2010 Soccer World...
16 Nov
Life will never be the same for Siya Kolisi and his all-conquering World Champion Rainbow Warriors, writes Mark Keohane in his Independent Media and IOL Keo Corner column, but he urges South Africans to...
26 Oct
Mark Keohane, in his Cape Times column, writes that the authentic transformation of the Springboks makes this World Cup campaign the most significant in the history of South African rugby.This World Cup is only...
18 Oct
Mark Keohane in his Independent Media and IOL Sport Rugby World Cup daily column, is super confident the Springboks will prove too powerful for host nation Japan in Sunday's final quarter-final.There will be no...
14 Oct
Mark Keohane, for Independent Media's print publications and IOL Sport, writes that he has never experienced a Springbok team as united as the one at the 2019 Rugby World Cup.I have never experienced a...
09 Oct
Mark Keohane, in his Independent Media and IOL Sport daily World Cup column, writes that as wonderful as it was to watch the Boks destroy minnows like Namibia and Canada, the greater analysis remains...
08 Oct
Wayne Barnes and Nigel Owens are comfortably the best referees in world rugby. Yet both couldn’t make the most obvious and decisive calls when it came to thuggery over the weekend writes Mark Keohane...
02 Oct
Mark Keohane, writing in Independent Media and IOL Sport, gives Mbongeni Mbonambi's selection to start against Italy the thumbs up.I think Malcolm Marx, when on top of his game, is without comparison among world...
26 Sep
Mark Keohane, in Independent Media's print publications and IOL Sport, writes that six teams can win the World Cup, but only six teams make up the World Cup.You’ve got Australia versus Wales on Sunday...
24 Sep
Mark Keohane, in Independent Media's publications, writes that any Springbok bashing would be a misrepresentation because Saturday’s 23-13 defeat against the All Blacks was a fantastic game of rugby. However, Bok coach Rassie Erasmus...