Injury forces Foley out of late-season tour Down Under

ANTHONY FOLEY is bitterly disappointed after being forced out of Ireland’s tour to Australia, Tonga and Samoa.
Fri, 23 May, 2003 - 01:00
Barry Coughlan

Foley, odds on to captain the side against the Wallabies, withdrew from the squad yesterday on medical advice because of a neck and shoulder injury which flared-up following in the aftermath of Munster’s Heineken Cup semi-final defeat by Toulouse.

His back-row place will be taken by Aidan McCullen of Leinster.

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