Foley free to lead Munster challenge

TRIUMPHANT Heineken Cup captain Anthony Foley appears to have been freed up to resume his leadership of Munster for the foreseeable future.

Foley has been excluded from a 34-man Irish squad for a mini-training camp in Dublin next week and has already re-joined the province in advance of this weekend’s Magners League games.

He is one of four Munster players released by Ireland coach Eddie O’Sullivan and the only one of that group not to be included in the Irish squad for next week.