Injured second-row Dave Foley has played his last game for Munster after the province revealed he will be joining French Top14 club Pau at the end of the season.

Dave Foley, the genial 6’6”, 18-stone giant from Clonmel, laughs quietly at the suggestion he is now the “senior” second row in the Munster squad.

Dave Foley understands all about the years of patience and hard work that go into becoming an overnight success.