Road to the RWC | Springbok player profile: RG Snyman

RG Snyman is one of the 21 Springboks players returning for a second bite of the Rugby World Cup cherry having been part of the 2019 squad as well.

Four years ago, Snyman was reduced to a ‘Bomb Squad’ role, with Eben Etzebeth, Franco Mostert and Lood de Jager all ahead of him in the Springboks’ second row pecking order. This time around he is set to have a crucial STARTING role to play at the global showpiece in France.

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PROFILE: RG SNYMAN

Name: Rudolph Gerhardus Snyman

Born: 29 January 1995

Age: 28

School: Affies

Position: Lock

Height: 2.06m

Weight: 120kg

Test debut: South Africa v England in Johannesburg, 9 June 2018

Springbok no.: 906

Tests played: 27

Tries scored: 1

Current club team: Munster

Major teams: South Africa, Bulls, Honda Heat, Junior Springboks, SA Schools

All information correct as at 24 August 2023

SPRINGBOKS’ 2023 FIXTURES:

RWC warm-up fixtures:
Saturday, 19 August – Boks vs Wales (Principality Stadium, Cardiff), 4:15pm
Friday, 25 August – Boks vs New Zealand (Twickenham, London), 8.30pm

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RWC FIXTURES:

Sunday, 10 September – Boks v Scotland (Stade Velodrome, Marseille), 5:45pm
Sunday, 17 September – Boks v Romania (Stade de Bordeaux, Bordeaux), 3pm
Saturday, 23 September – Boks v Ireland (Stade de France, Paris), 9pm
Sunday, 1 October – Boks v Tonga (Stade Velodrome, Marseille), 9pm

Weekend of 14/15 October – Quarter-finals
Weekend of 21/22 October – Semi-finals
Saturday, 28 October – Final

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