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RG Snyman names 'unbelievable' difference between Leinster and Munster

Jack Crowley of Munster, second from left, and RG Snyman of Leinster after the United Rugby Championship match between Leinster and Munster at Croke Park in Dublin. (Photo By Brendan Moran/Sportsfile via Getty Images)

It will not be pleasant viewing for Munster fans currently seeing a fully-fit RG Snyman setting the United Rugby Championship alight with league leaders Leinster.

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The Springbok made the controversial move across Ireland over the summer, and added further salt to Munster wounds by scoring a try in Leinster’s recent 26-12 win over their rivals at Croke Park. 

Snyman made it two tries in two games against Connacht at the weekend, grabbing headlines for the way he grabbed the ball with consummate ease on the way to dotting down to help his side build a seven-point lead at the summit of the URC table.

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Having now settled into his new club, the 29-year-old was recently asked what the biggest difference between Munster and Leinster is, and responded with something that has made Leinster the envy of every other team in Europe in recent years.

The South African pinpointed the “unbelievable” pool of talent at the four-time European champions’ disposal, thanks to their field-leading youth set-up, which is ultimately why they have outnumbered their rivals in national squads.

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“I think the biggest difference is probably the amount of young players here,” the double World Cup winner said.

“I look at guys like Sam [Prendergast], the things they can do with the ball in training and stuff, it’s crazy. You just look at these guys and probably think they’re going to play big rugby one day.

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“The guys ahead of them, or the older guys here, are playing so well as well. They have such a big pool of talent here that it’s actually unbelievable.”

After missing South Africa’s triumphant Rugby Championship campaign with a foot injury, Snyman’s early-season form with Leinster saw him recalled back into the national squad by Rassie Erasmus this week for their northern hemisphere tour, where they will face Scotland, England and Wales.

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Fart-Fart 28 minutes ago
Jeff Wilson on why Ardie Savea must fill All Blacks bench role

Tamaiti got folded last season he's not strong enough for his size and Aumua is better than Taukeiaho, he was massive vs poms in 2024 and throwing was on too.

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RC 1 hour ago
Jeff Wilson on why Ardie Savea must fill All Blacks bench role

The All Blacks pioneered and perfected the final 20 onslaught from 2012-2017…

The boks boring “bomb squad” doesn't compare 🤣



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Jordan 01 1 hour ago
Jamie Joseph’s simple take on where the Highlanders are struggling

Well If fakatava didn’t kick the ball back to the opposition everytime he gets the ball they might make some progress 😒

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PB 1 hour ago
Jeff Wilson on why Ardie Savea must fill All Blacks bench role

Been saying all along, trying to fit pieces around Ardie in the loose trio is costing the AB’s

Ardie is an impact player! He doesn’t want to play the Sam Cane type role that Sam Cane and Mc Caw played, and is essentially to small to play 6 or 8



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Ludovici 1 hour ago
Jeff Wilson on why Ardie Savea must fill All Blacks bench role

Love it, everyone following the Springboks recipe.

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Hammer Head 1 hour ago
Johann Ackermann's Bulls gore Cardiff in Pretoria

Nah. Just straight up the middle, garden variety, kants.

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Icefarrow 2 hours ago
Wallabies appoint former All Blacks defence coach as assistant

Wallabies going all out on ex-NZ coaches. Must be desperate to end their losing streak against us. Kidding, good appointment though.

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Icefarrow 3 hours ago
Jeff Wilson on why Ardie Savea must fill All Blacks bench role

We don’t need a 6-2 split. Almost every team we’ve beaten in the past two years went with one, and lost. It doesn’t add the impact many think it does. And why would you want a playmaker like Christie to come on and slow down the game? You need pace in the last twenty, in which case Hotham is your man.

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BH 3 hours ago
Elliot Dixon: 'When I got to the line, I knew the ball had landed on the boot'

Great read. Dixon was a champ of a player.

All a try needs is to touch a single blade of grass. It did. So the try was awarded and history was made.



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cnw 3 hours ago
Jeff Wilson on why Ardie Savea must fill All Blacks bench role

I like the thought process. Thats a powerful bench. Would like to see the starting bench to see how the spread of mass works. Curious too about how he would use this bench. I dont know that it is the last 20 thats key. If the Bok game in Wellington, the Autumn series and the 6N is anything to go by - the key period for momentum is between minute 30 and minute 65. It seems teams are playing a super high intensity first 25-30 minutes and the team that can keep accelerator down from minute 30 through to 65 will take control of the game. While orthodoxy suggests a 50 / 30 split - reversing that and going 30 / 50 so the ABs get say Sititi or Lakai going mad for the first 30 and Ardie comes on minute 30 could do exactly that while having him on the field in the finish too.

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Jono 5 hours ago
Petaia et Perpignan : pourquoi ça ne prend pas

Une analyse sévère qui passe complètement à côté de l'essentiel. Petaia a débarqué dans un club en plein chaos et a été tranquillement l'un des joueurs les plus fiables de l'effectif dans les domaines qui comptent vraiment — son travail défensif a été le meilleur de l'équipe, son jeu au pied levé est de classe mondiale, et juger un arrière uniquement sur le nombre d'essais dans une équipe qui peine à produire du jeu vers l'avant est une analyse paresseuse.

Zéro essai ne veut pas dire zéro contribution. Regardez ce qu'il fait dans les phases de construction, les passes décisives, le travail qui met ses coéquipiers à l'essai. Rien de tout cela n'apparaît dans les statistiques.



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JW 6 hours ago
The five performers of the week from Super Rugby Pacific round six

I think you need to give Brumbies their due, they’ll push the top four this year and continue to be a threat at home.

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JW 6 hours ago
The five performers of the week from Super Rugby Pacific round six

He’s a lot smaller than Parker, two different styled 6/8’s, so depends what you’re after.

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Spew_81 6 hours ago
Jamie Joseph’s simple take on where the Highlanders are struggling

I thought that Kidwell would prepare a better defense.

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JW 6 hours ago
Jamie Joseph’s simple take on where the Highlanders are struggling

Thats the Canes third 50 the thing to stand out of this game was their defense, or at least the lack of points conceded.

That scoreline partly to blame with what Joseph about not staying calm when getting behind. I think they did make it worse for themselves and this is represented in what you highlighted with the amount of errors/handling. If they hold onto the ball and score then you are also not seeing one or two, maybe even three, of those Canes tries, so upto four try swing in that one area alone.



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JW 6 hours ago
Damian McKenzie weighs in on NZR's approach to eligibility after departures

Thats what he’s describing happens now.

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JW 6 hours ago
Damian McKenzie weighs in on NZR's approach to eligibility after departures



How about if you don’t think they will fit back in then don’t pick them.

But now you’re having to pick someone who wasn’t as good as DMac when he needed to play in SR.



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Ed the Duck 7 hours ago
'There's always a lot of chat with them. They're quite mouthy'

“There’s always a lot of chat with them. They’re quite mouthy.”

Arrogant team. Arrogant players. Arrogant fans.



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John Breslin 7 hours ago
What The Rugby Championship needs to do to rival the Six Nations

Yep. Japan in 2015 - still the only team to win 3 pool games and not progress. Shafted by the scheduling

Tonga beat France in 2011 but still got trapped in the pool, scheduling didn't exactly help them



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NH 7 hours ago
Aussie Super Rugby takes: Don't doubt the Brumbies, Hurricanes the joker in the pack

Nice one john, i made a similar point elsewhere about the table and the run the brumbies vs the canes have had. Brumbies will need to make sure they don’t get complacent and bank their next few games which are against bottom 6 teams. Impressed with reds D and composure in fiji where they usually come unstuck. I thought the forwards in particular looked fit and hungry in D, plugging any gaps the drua tried to find. Hunter and Henry firming as a very solid partnership, hunter had a number of key involvements in that 2nd half. Only real blip was their exit kicking, drua had a bunch of attacking lineouts 25-30m out, it was just lucky for the reds they were able to disrupt their lineout. Almost all kickers seemed to shank the ball i assume because it was so wet, with it coming off the side of their boot. Drua much better at knowing to just hoof it as far as you can down the other end. HMP realised this in the second half.

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