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RG Snyman to miss start of URC season
By Ian Cameron
Springboks secondrow RG Snyman will miss the start of Munster's URC season it has been revealed.
The 27-year-old 2019 World Cup winner has endured a dreadful time with injury since joining the Irish province two years ago.
Snyman initially tore his ACL just seven minutes into his Munster debut away to Leinster at the Aviva Stadium after he landed heavily on the floor after stealing lineout ball in August 2020.
It took 13 months for him to return to the field but it sadly proved a short-lived return to action. The 6'9 Bok re-ruptured his ACL in just his third match back, away to Scarlets in September, 2021.
Three weeks ago it seemed that Snyman might make it back in time for the opening rounds of the season but Munster have now dashed those hopes.
In a statement Munster said: "As RG Snyman’s reintegration to team training continues after a lengthy lay-off, the lock is not available for the opening rounds of the season."
Snyman will be hoping that a strong showing in the URC could help earn him a place in Jacques Nienaber Springboks World Cup squad for France, although South Africa are relatively well stocked in the second row department - traditionally a positon of strength for the Rainbow Nation.
Such are Snyman's abilities, it is not impossible that he could yet force his way back into a settled Bok squad, although a return to the field and full fitness will obviously be non-negotiables.
There is good news elsewhere in that new signing Antoine Frisch - who has a shoulder injury - has joined full team training.
There is also a return to training for two Ireland internationals. "Dave Kilcoyne (neck) and Liam Coombes (toe) have both returned to full team training after recovering from their respective injuries.
"John Hodnett (knee) is also nearing a return as he increases his training load."
Andrew Conway and Jack Daly - both having sustained knee injuries - continue to rehabilitate.
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I had a look at the wiki article again, it's all terribly old data (not that I'd see reason for much change in the case of SA).
Number Of Clubs:
1526
Registered+Unregistered Players:
651146
Number of Referees:
3460
Pre-teen Male Players:
320842
Pre-teen Female Player:
4522
Teen Male Player:
199213
Teen Female Player:
4906
Senior Male Player:
113174
Senior Female Player:
8489
Total Male Player:
633229
Total Female Player:
17917
So looking for something new as were more concerned with adults specifically, so I had a look at their EOY Financial Review.
So 80k+ adult males (down from 113k), but I'm not really sure when youth are involved with SAn clubs, or if that data is for some reason not being referenced/included. 300k male students however (200k in old wiki data).
https://resources.world.rugby/worldrugby/document/2020/07/28/212ed9cf-cd61-4fa3-b9d4-9f0d5fb61116/P56-57-Participation-Map_v3.pdf has France at 250k registered but https://presse-europe1-fr.translate.goog/exclu-europe-1-le-top-10-des-sports-les-plus-pratiques-en-france-en-2022/?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp has them back up at 300k registered.
The French number likely Students + Club, but everyone collects data different I reckon. In that WR pdf for instance a lot of the major nations have a heavily registered setup, were as a nation like England can penetrate into a lot more schools to run camps and include them in the reach of rugby. For instance the SARU release says only 29% of schools are reached by proper rugby programs, where as the 2million English number would be through a much much higer penetration I'd imagine. Which is thanks to schools having the ability to involve themselves in programs more than anything.
In any case, I don't think you need to be concerned with the numbers, whether they are 300 or 88k, there is obviously a big enough following for their pro scenes already to have enough quality players for a 10/12 team competition. They appear ibgger than France but I don't really by the lower English numbers going around.
Go to commentsOk I understand. Give them my number please Nick.
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