Leinster’s RG Snyman has been ruled out for the remainder of the season after the province confirmed the second row has ruptured the ACL in his right knee.
The South African double World Cup winner suffered the injury after a crunching tackle by Glasgow Warriors lock Alex Samuel, in Leinster’s 38-17 defeat at Scotstoun earlier this month.
It’s the third time Snyman has suffered an ACL injury in his career, with the 31-year-old now set for an extended period on the sidelines.
The towering second row endured the first of those serious injuries on his debut for Munster in August 2020, before re-injuring it three games into his comeback in October 2021, the second of which took 17 months to come back from….