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Published 13:44 26 Aug 2020 BST
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RG Snyman steals lineout ball ahead of Leinster's Caelan Doris. (Credit: Sportsfile)[/caption]
Munster backs coach Stephen Larkham said, this afternoon, that the province would not seek a 'short-term' replacement for Snyman. They have Tadhg Beirne and Fineen Wycherley available for the Connacht game and Thomas Ahern, Paddy Kelly and Gavin Coombes got mentions too.
Munster hooker Niall Scannell was on the pitch when Kilcoyne and Snyman both hobbled off and he was understandably gutted. However, Scannell noted how Snyman's attitude to the setback - one that may keep him out for up to nine months - was remarkably upbeat. He says:
"I texted RG on Monday and he told me the news, which was just really disappointing for him. "I know the man is a monster and we've seen over pre-season that he's a physical freak, but he's a young man as well. And someone like me in the squad, who is getting kind of senior now, you've just got to recognise that as well. He's come from halfway across the world. He's a young guy who waned to put his best foot forward for Munster and now this has happened to him. "You'd probably have to look after him more as a mate, at the moment. You can't do anything for him as an athlete. He seems like such a positive guy, anyway. I've only known him a couple of months, but that's great to see. He doesn't seem to down about it and he's going to tackle this. "He was in the building for the first time today and we got around him, and consoled him, but he seemed so positive, which was brilliant. I just hope his rehab goes according to plan but obviously, as you know yourself, it's just a disaster for him. That's what I'd most focus on - he's a young guy that was settling into the club and prove himself, and he was certainly doing that in the pre-season because some of the things I'd seen him do in pre-season were athletically freakish."On that gung-ho charge at Henshaw, last Saturday, Scannell remarked that 'if Henshaw hadn't stepped, I don't know what would have happened to him'. Scannell is now hopeful that Snyman can pass on some of his nous to the younger generation of Munster locks in the coming weeks and months.
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