RG Snyman Breaks Silence on Shocking Bulls Comeback After Jake White’s Springbok Plea
Springboks lock RG Snyman has no plans to return to South Africa and rejoin the Bulls anytime soon.
The powerhouse second-rower left Loftus in 2019, joining Japanese club Honda Heat before making the switch to Ireland, signing for Munster.
While he had a troublesome start to life in Ireland, he would win the United Rugby Championship with the Irish Province before joining their rivals Leinster ahead of the 2024/25 season.
Leinster ended their trophy drought in Snyman’s first campaign with the club as he became the first player to win the URC twice since the South African teams joined the competition with the Bok lock also extending his stay in Dublin for another season.
He played a crucial role in the Leinster pack this season, featuring over 20 times for the club, and his presence in the opposition pack irked Bulls boss Jake White, who has repeatedly pleaded with top Springbok players to return to South Africa.
Jake White’s plea
After the Bulls narrowly defeated the Irish side during the league stages of the URC, White was asked how he could change the team’s form at home and the former Boks head coach stated that getting former players back to the franchise would do it, pointing to the impact that Leinster signings Snyman and All Blacks’ star Jordie Barrett made.
“I sign guys like RG Snyman to come back here and I do that,” he replied.
“And now you look at me like I’m crazy but look at RG, shouldn’t he be playing for the Bulls?
Then home form and everything falls into place. We saw that game tonight, the one guy in the forwards that controls everything is RG and the one guy in the backs controlling everything is Jordie Barrett.”
The Bulls would go on to lose the URC Final 32-7 to Leinster, and White echoed his previous comments when he was asked how the rest of the Pretoria-based franchise could close the gap on the Irish powerhouse.
