• De Allende and Snyman, who sustained substantial burns, will not take part in their training

South Africa’s Damian de Allende and RG Snyman have suffered burns in a fire pit accident just a month before the British and Irish Lions tour.
The Rugby World Cup-winning pair, who were named in
the Springbok squad to face Warren Gatland’s Lions, were injured along with Munster teammates CJ Stander and Mike Haley.
“Mike Haley, CJ Stander, Damian de Allende and RG Snyman required treatment for superficial burns following a fire pit accident at the weekend,” Irish provincial side Munster said in a statement.
“It is expected that Haley and Stander, who sustained burns to their hands, may return to training this week with availability for Friday night’s game (against Zebre) reviewed as the week progresses.
“De Allende and Snyman, who sustained more substantial burns to legs, hands and face, will not take part in their respective training and rehabilitation programmes and will meet a specialist again later in the week.”
De Allende told SuperSport the accident could have been worse.
“We were just sitting around the fire and one of the boys threw a bit of petrol over the fire and then it caught his hand and he just tried to put it down on the floor and then the whole thing caught alight and exploded,” he said.
Munster coach Johann van Graan said in the club’s statement: “We are hugely relieved that the lads are all OK.
“The players have all been treated and are being well looked after, with Damian and RG meeting the specialist again later this week to review next steps of their recovery.”
De Allende, who started the 2019 World Cup final victory over England, and Snyman, who came off the bench, have just over a month to recover ahead of the Lions series.
The Lions play three Tests in South Africa – in Cape Town on July 24 and then in Johannesburg on July 31 and August 7.

France captain Ollivon set for long-term absence after serious knee injury

 France captain Charles Ollivon will miss this summer’s tour of Australia after tearing a cruciate ligament in his left knee in the weekend’s Top 14 loss at Castres, his club Toulon said on Monday.
Ollivon, who took over as Les Bleus skipper after the 2019 Rugby World Cup, was helped off the field after a quarter of an hour in his side’s defeat on Saturday.
The injury can take up to nine months to heal which would also rule the 28-year-old flanker out of the November series.
“The Toulon back-rower will have surgery,” the club said.
“The whole Toulon team wish him the best recovery and hope to see him back on the field as quickly as possible.”
France will face the Wallabies three times in 10 days next month with the first Test in Sydney on July 7.
Coach Fabien Galthie will be without players featuring in June 25’s Top 14 final for the opening game of the tour due to quarantine rules in Australia.
France face Argentina on November 6 and Georgia a week later before playing New Zealand on November 20, which will also be the opening match of the 2023 Rugby World Cup in Paris.
Contenders to take over the captaincy include hooker Julien Marchand, who leads Toulouse, scrum-half Antoine Dupont and La Rochelle No. 8 Gregory Alldritt.
(Reuters)