Leinster Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread XII (The Byrne Supremacy)

I said potentially because i'm talking about the future. Everything is potentially. He hasn't played on that contract for leinster yet. I assume that starts in september. September is in the future.

So, yea Snyman who was high end impact off the bench for South Africa in TWO world cup wins could POTENTIALLY do the same for Leinster. In the future.

Maybe Nienebar will start him, who knows. He's immediately your best lock but teams are way too in to the finisher thing.

I wish we'd have passed on Snyman. His injury profile reads like an encyclopedia. Healthy he's fine. Will he be healthy

RG will be a bench player.

No, I'm not. You are completely over-reacting to a pretty mundane and factual observation. I'm trying to clarify but the red mist has descended on you so I don't anticipate a good outcome. You are the one who moved the goalposts by reading "didn't impress with his form" as "he did not play well at all, in any game". That is not rational.

His (apparent) inability to play 80 minutes is inextricably linked to his performance. You cannot talk about a guy in the sort of hushed reverence that we're seeing here, but then stick a footnote on it that he's gassed by 50 minutes or is a great impact sub. He's 29 years old like, he should be able to go 80 minutes.

Maybe Rassie will whip him, possibly literally, into shape over the summer.

Not sure how anyone could describe Snyman as exceptional at any stage playing for Munster. Yes he has come on, shown the odd good offload or the odd decent bit of play but to claim that is exceptional is baffling, decent and good would be better description

The return on investment for Munster is terrible, the number of minutes he has played compared to the money given to him, while taking a NIQ spot at the same time. No other way they can describe it as terrible. This is not an attack on the player which of course some people will take it, players get injured and it's not their fault. But looking at it from a business point of view it is

I was baffled when Munster signed him again, from recollection while he was still injured. Leinster have signed him and I am baffled as well. As people have posted he is a bench player unless his form and durability massively improves.

I wish him the best of luck, hopefully for him and Leinster he stays fit, has a big impact and shows the World what he can do over a sustained period. Also can he impact big European games, like if he comes on in a semi/final in Europe(hopefuly Leinster can make them) will he be able to swing those games

In that scenario he will command huge wages and will have clubs around the World offering him whatever he wants

He was injured for most of the season, as usual.

I’m judging it over the entirety of the season but giving more weight to bigger games. This is not an unreasonable approach.

He’ll be the third RWC winning second row to play for Leinster. We’re hoping for another Brad Thorn from 2012, the player you’re describing is Owen Finegan from 2006.

Former Australia and Leinster coach Michael Cheika appointed at Leicester Tigers

https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2024/06/27/former-australia-and-leinster-coach-michael-cheika-appointed-at-leicester-tigers/

For a second I read Leinster.

Ah well, onwards and upwards, or whatever the direction is these days.