{"id":308090,"date":"2025-12-10T02:46:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T02:46:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/308090\/"},"modified":"2025-12-10T02:46:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T02:46:11","slug":"leinster-face-nervy-wait-on-springbok-and-bi-lions-stars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/308090\/","title":{"rendered":"Leinster face nervy wait on Springbok and B&#038;I Lions stars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Leinster stars RG Snyman and Garry Ringrose are set for further assessment on injuries picked up in their Investec Champions Cup victory over Harlequins, while Jordan Larmour has been ruled out of their upcoming visit to Leicester Tigers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The trio all departed the pitch during Saturday\u2019s 45-28 victory over the PREM outfit, with Larmour and Ringrose both getting on the scoresheet prior to their exits.<\/p>\n<p>They join a growing list of injury concerns for the reigning URC champions ahead of their trip to Mattioli Woods Welford Road, with Cormac Foley, Hugo Keenan, James Culhane, Jamie Osborne, Ryan Baird and Andrew Porter also currently out of action.<\/p>\n<p>Leinster to \u2018further assess\u2019 RG Snyman and Garry Ringrose as Jordan Larmour ruled out<\/p>\n<p>Of the trio, Larmour was the main concern following the victory on Saturday, and the club have now confirmed he will miss this weekend\u2019s game through a hamstring injury.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJordan looks probably the most significant of them all, I think,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetrugby.com\/team\/leinster\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Leinster<\/a> head coach Leo Cullen said of Larmour on Saturday. \u201cBut that\u2019s early days; he\u2019s done something there. Straight away, he said he was uncomfortable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At the time of writing, there is no confirmation of a potential return date.<\/p>\n<p class=\"px-3 xs:px-4 mt-3 mb-2 font-semibold leading-snug text-base text-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetrugby.com\/news\/investec-champions-cup-team-of-the-week-ben-spencer-prevails-in-hardest-call-to-start-alongside-little-genius-as-lone-south-african-named\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Investec Champions Cup Team of the Week: Ben Spencer prevails in \u2018hardest call\u2019 to start alongside \u2018little genius\u2019 as lone South African named<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"my-1 text-sm font-semibold leading-snug text-title line-clamp-3 sm:mb-0 sm:text-[15px] sm:leading-5 sm:line-clamp-2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetrugby.com\/news\/top-five-fantasy-scorers-ange-capuozzo-tops-the-bill-while-veteran-south-african-shocks-fans1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Top five fantasy scorers: Ange Capuozzo tops the bill while veteran South African \u2018shocks\u2019 fans<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, Springbok star Snyman and Ireland and Lions ace Ringrose will be sent for further assessment on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetrugby.com\/news\/leinster-sweat-over-rg-snyman-and-ireland-duo-while-caelan-doris-issues-reiko-ioane-verdict\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">respective shoulder and lower limb injuries<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRG just was a bit uncomfortable, but again, I don\u2019t know,\u201d Cullen said of the towering lock. \u201cHe\u2019ll go off and get whatever scan or X-ray, whatever\u2019s going on there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Of Ringrose, he added: \u201cGarry, I think that was just cramped, but he easily went down, so let\u2019s see, I\u2019m not sure with him. So again, short turnaround. The games are coming thick and fast at the moment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A final decision on the pair will be made later this week.<\/p>\n<p>James Lowe set for Leinster comeback<\/p>\n<p>While these will come as a big blow to Cullen and Leinster, the heavyweights are boosted by the return of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetrugby.com\/team\/ireland\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ireland<\/a> ace James Lowe. The winger has been out of action since Ireland\u2019s defeat to the Springboks last month with a calf issue, but is now back in full training and available for selection.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, fellow Ireland international Will Connors is also back in training, but will be assessed throughout the week before a judgment is made on his availability.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetrugby.com\/news\/loose-pass-rugbys-search-for-perfection-continues-as-relentless-negativity-mooching-rages-on\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Loose Pass: Rugby\u2019s search for \u2018perfection\u2019 continues as relentless negativity mooching rages on<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Leinster stars RG Snyman and Garry Ringrose are set for further assessment on injuries picked up in their&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":308091,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[119253,348,120846,123063,46723,65320,50,123064,5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-308090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-champions-cup","tag-home-page","tag-investec-champions-cup","tag-james-lowe","tag-leicester-tigers","tag-leinster","tag-news","tag-rg-snyman","tag-rugby","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/308090","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=308090"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/308090\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/308091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=308090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=308090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=308090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}