RG Snyman aiming to join elite club by returning from second ACL blow

It’s a ridiculously cruel turn of events for Snyman, not least given the incident sandwiched in between those two knee injuries when he suffered burns in a freak fire pit incident that subsequently required skin graft surgery

Munster’s RG Snyman after his first injury in 2020. Picture: Ramsey Cardy, Sportsfile

From out of the gloom yesterday came a note of defiance.

“Here I go again,” RG Snyman posted on Instagram. “#round2fight.” And with that the Munster lock had served notice of his determination to overcome this latest bout of misfortune having re-ruptured his cruciate ligament in Sunday’s URC game against Scarlets.