Appointing Axel a fitting reward for a Munster hero
The year was 1968 and St Mary’s were defying all expectation on their way to winning the Munster Junior Cup for the first time.
They had a number of long-established, grizzled individuals in that squad and a young fella called Brendan Foley who still didn’t need to shave more than a couple of times a week. But anybody who knew anything about rugby was fully aware of the man’s potential, most of all those in Shannon who snapped him up and he began a career that was to bring him many honours, including being a past of Munster’s famous 1978 victory over the All Blacks and twice captaining Shannon to Munster Cup glory.
