Duncan Casey: ‘Wrecking ball’ Snyman can inspire Munster

After a long fight back to fitness, the boost the South African will bring to the table will be huge.

RG Snyman is on the brink of a return. Picture: INPHO/Morgan Treacy

There will be a range of feelings flying around fit-again RG Snyman’s head this week, and the heads of his medical staff, coaches and fellow players at Munster as well. Anticipation, pressure, expectation, relief, hope and above all, plenty of please-god-let-this-go-alright moments in the lead up to kick-off at 7:35 on Friday evening.

I met RG at a couple of weddings last summer. Anyone who has seen footage of him play or pictures of him training knows he is an enormous man but unless you have stood next to him and literally craned your neck back in order to engage him in conversation, you can’t really appreciate how big he is.