Anthony Foley's remains brought to Thomond Park on final journey home

A hearse carrying the body of Munster Rugby legend, Anthony "Axel" Foley, who passed away suddenly in France last weekend, stopped briefly outside the home of Munster Rugby.

Anthony Foley's remains brought to Thomond Park on final journey home

A hearse carrying the body of Munster Rugby legend, Anthony "Axel" Foley, who passed away suddenly in France last weekend, stopped briefly outside the home of Munster Rugby - Thomond Park - tonight, as the Limerick rugby hero made his final journey home, writes David Raleigh.

Fans stood in silence as the coffin in which their former leader lay, momentarily paused in front of a shrine of Munster jerseys, scarfs, and flowers which supporters had been building in anticipation of their former captain's return.

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