Leamy excited by return of 'class act' Snyman

Munster defence coach Denis Leamy says the return of RG Snyman from injury is coming at just the right time, as the province head into the business end of the season.

The South African could make his return from almost 17 months on the sidelines in this Friday's BKT United Rugby Championship visit of the Scarlets to Musgrave Park (live on RTÉ2 and RTÉ Player), having resumed full training with the province in recent weeks.

The 28-year-old ruptured his anterior cruciate ligament against the same opposition back in October 2021, just three games into his comeback from an identical injury.

Should he be selected for Friday night's URC game it would be just his fifth Munster appearance since joining in the summer of 2020 after a luckless time at the province.

"Yes he is absolutely available for this weekend," the Munster coach said.

"He has come through the last couple of days really well. Preparations are going very well for Friday night and RG is in good nick and he's up for selection along with the other 55 players that we have available to us at the moment.

"It is exciting to have him back around the place. Obviously he is a world class player, a World Cup winner, just the energy that he has, the experience he has, even in reviews and stuff like that, he really has an awful lot of knowledge that we can draw on.

"He is a very interesting guy to pick his brain. His experiences and his examples would be really good for us going forward. It’s pretty exciting for us to have him back. We will sit down and pick the team in the afternoon but he is available for selection. We will see how that goes."

With the province heading into the business end of both the URC and Champions Cup, Snyman's return is timely, particularly with Tadhg Beirne