**There’s no doubt the arrival of World Cup winners Damian de Allende and RG Snyman has increased the excitement in Limerick and South Africa great Bryan Habana insists their signing is a “game-changer” for Munster.** De Allende and Snyman were part of the Springboks side that won the World Cup last year and have already cleared quarantine rules in Ireland, so will start training with their new teammates in three weeks’ time. They are allowed to go straight into the side and Habana, himself a World Cup winner with South Africa in 2007, believes they will hit the ground running and help make Munster title contenders. "Munster not qualifying for the quarter-finals of the Champions Cup was very disappointing, but what they are getting are two World Cup-winning, world-class players,” [he said.](https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sport/rugby/pro14/springbok-duo-will-become-game-changers-for-munster-says-habana-39258549.html) "Damian de Allende was one of my unsung heroes of Rugby World Cup 2019. "His ability to not only dominate the collision on attack and defence but his passing - he's probably one of the best passers I've ever seen in the game, off both left and right. "RG Snyman is someone who again will add brawn and an element of physicality that any team in the world would love.” While two superstars join the Guinness PRO14, another has left rugby union all together with the news that former Leinster centre [Ben Te’o has returned to rugby league.](https://www.the42.ie/ben-teo-leinster-nrl-broncos-5114634-Jun2020/) The former England international has joined the Brisbane Broncos for the remainder of the 2020 NRL season, his first venture back into rugby league since he moved to Leinster in 2014.
