Anthony Foley could walk away as crisis deepens

Head coach Anthony Foley declared he was prepared to walk away from Munster if he felt he could no longer inspire winning performances from his players.

Former captain Foley, currently discussing a one-year extension to the two-year contract he signed when succeeding Rob Penney as the province’s head coach in the summer of 2014, presided over Munster’s elimination from this season’s Champions Cup on Saturday when his side were humiliated 27-7 by 14-man Stade Francais in Paris.

It was a shambolic performance from his players against a side that has struggled in its defence of the Top14 title in France and which featured three academy players and missed a number of key frontliners including Willem Alberts, Will Genia, and Pascal Papé.