Limerick lines out at Thomond Park for Anthony Foley

Anthony Foley’s final journey through Limerick paused at the foothills of his rugby youth as darkness fell last night.

First, Thomond Park, where as a child he laced his boots to do battle with Shannon under-age teams, and then St Munchin’s College, where he grew to international schoolboy stature.

From the diocesan college, he proceeded to win acclaim in the hemispheres, never forgetting the Limerick rugby nurseries, the workbench of his skills.