Press Pass | RG Snyman On Joining Munster Rugby
4th August 2020 By The Editor
RG Snyman with Liam O'Connor in the gym at the High Performance Centre.
Munster Rugby’s summer signing RG Snyman spoke to the media remotely via conference call on Tuesday for the first time since joining the province.
The World Cup winner covered a wide range of topics, check out a few snippets from the press conference below.
Moving from Japan to Munster Rugby…
“The biggest reason I came here was coach Johann. I’ve worked with him in the past and I know the quality of coach he is.
“I haven’t worked under him that much before, even though I know him a long time. But I do know that he’s a quality coach. Speaking to anyone that has ever worked with him, it’s only positive [things that they say].
“I really enjoyed my time in Japan. From a career perspective, I thought it was a better move to come over to Munster and work under coach Johann to keep moving forward and keep improving.
“I still think I need to work on the smaller details from a technical side and working under him is great for that because he is very technical and his off-field work is very detailed.”
Adapting to European rugby…
“I think the rugby here in the northern hemisphere is very physical so I’m looking forward to that. Broadening my game a bit set-piece wise, that’s something I’m looking forward to as well.
“I think the weather will play a big part in the games. I’ve noticed the last couple of weeks at training that it’s not as easy to hold onto the ball as it is in South Africa or even Japan.
“I will have to adapt to it a little bit but I think it’s ok, I can work around it.”
Familiarising yourself in new surroundings…
“We have mainly seen the places around Limerick and we went to Dublin for a few days and I’ve actually seen the Aviva Stadium as well so it’s nice to see where we’re going later this month.”
Springboks team-mate Damian de Allende…
“I actually didn’t know he was coming as well [when I signed]! I’m very happy because he’s a great guy and he’s a hard-working player as well and I’m looking forward to seeing some good collisions from him.”
Watch our first interview with RG from last month below along with some highlights from his career so far below.
